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COMING SOON – FALL BOOK SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8      

Our on-site Book Sale is coming up on Saturday November 7 and Sunday November 8! This will be a huge sale with thousands of books!

The Community Center Big Room (across the hall from the Library) will have books of many genres for all ages from picture books for toddlers, chapter books for kids, books for tweens and teens and fiction and non-fiction for adults on sale for 50 cents. The Big Room will also have Holiday Books and Puzzles starting at $1.00. The Edith Stone Room (entered from building hallway) will have collectable, rare and vintage books, book sets, vinyl and puzzles starting at $1.00. 

Hours:

• Saturday, November 7: 9am-5pm for both the Big Room and Edith Stone Room
• Sunday, November 8: 10am-4pm for the Big Room and 10am-2pm for the Edith Stone Room

In the meantime, you can purchase books on the ongoing shelf sale in the library and online at Shop Friends of the Albany Library Books and Collectibles | AbeBooks: Eve’s Book Garden 

We will be looking for volunteers to assist in setting up, cashiering and cleaning up shortly!  As always, we appreciate your help and participation! We can’t do it without you!  

  We look forward to seeing you at the Fall Friends Book Sale!

Friends Sales are in Major Categories Described Below:

Daily “Ongoing” Shelf sale in the Library

FAL sells a variety of interesting books including Kids, picture, topical, holiday-themed, mystery, etc. on the library shelf just across from the checkout desk. Most of these books look like they first did at the bookstore, but many are just $1! Come and check them out whenever the library is open, inventory changes most days.

Collectible, Rare, Vintage

These are typically older and unique items ranging in price from $2 to $hundreds. Check publicity for scheduled sales to find out if CRV is offered – usually it is at the May and November sales. 

Friends Online Sales 24 hours a day

FAL benefits from more valuable books sold online. These books go to buyers all over the world.  The link to the online book sale is Shop Friends of the Albany Library Books and Collectibles | AbeBooks: Eve’s Book Garden