Reading is one of America’s favorite activities. Yet with new books frequently costing $16, $18, $24 and more, our love for reading can easily strain any entertainment budget.
Yet, there is one little known place where you can purchase $24 popular bestsellers for only 50 cents, $30 self help books for $1, and $7 romance novels for only a quarter.
Try your local Friends of the Library Sale. These sales are absolute goldmines for savvy book readers looking for bargains. Not only can you get books dirt cheap, but you also help local libraries.
Here’s how these sales work. The sales are organized by volunteer organizations called the Friends of the Library. Throughout the year these volunteers solicit donations of gently used books from the local community. Community households are more than willing to donate their used books because they know the books will be used to benefit the local library.
The donated books don’t go into the library’s collection but are instead sorted and stored. About once or twice a year all the donated books are then arranged for sale to the public.
Sales vary in size from a few thousand books at smaller libraries to over ten thousand books at larger library sales. Book prices generally range from 25 cents to a dollar per book and profits from the sale are used to improve library facilities, purchase new books, or implement other library improvements.
With Friends of the Library Sales everyone wins. Gently used books that would be collecting dust in people’s homes are recycled, the local library makes money for new library books and services, and you take home great books at a bargain price! The yearly nature of book sales ensures that you’ll find plenty of recently published books at these sales.
Most book sales last two to three days. Go early to get the best books. Many book sales have a preview night open to members of the Friends of the Library.
The best part is that anybody can become a Friend of the Library – you don’t need to volunteer for activities or even live in the same city as the library. You simply have to pay a small fee, usually $5 to $10. This raises more money for the library and gives you access to the best books at the sale.
Many people attend these preview nights in order to buy books which they resell online for pretty impressive profits.To find a Friends of the Library Sale near you visit the website www.booksalefinder.com
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