Book sale tomorrow - A Meeting of Minds

Priscilla · Sep 22 2011, 07:39 PM

Tomorrow the local library has their annual sale. I went 4 years ago when we moved here and I was not impressed. They had a lot of tables of books, but they were not in any sort of order. My thought would have been - a table for romance novels, a table for cookbooks, a table for historical novels, etc. All the books were jumbled together and I gave up after a short while. I'm hoping that now the library has been newly renovated they will have taken more time and thought to the proper set up of the sale in order to make it appealing to people who might actually want to BUY something?!

We'll see.

mawra · Sep 22 2011, 08:13 PM

Good luck.

The library here sorts out childrens books. All the rest are stuck on the tablesd so that you have to look through all the other books to find sci-fi.

kevia · Sep 22 2011, 08:31 PM

Our library system just had their fall book sale. I missed it because of vacation but they have one in the spring and one in the fall every year. It's great, 'cause they have space in the basement dedicated to it. Several rooms with shelves. The books are divided. Children's books are in one room and divided by categories and fiction or non-fiction. The adult books take up several rooms. One room has the nonfiction divided by categories. Another room has the SF/Fantasy, westerns, and popular authors. And another room has all the rest of the fiction separated by paperback or hardback and in alphabetical order by author.

Are you all jealous yet??? lol
I really love our libraries and their book sales!!

Priscilla · Sep 23 2011, 12:08 PM

I actually had a good time at the book sale. They had a nice selection of SciFi, none of Anne or Todd that I could see (not that I'd buy anyway, since I'm emptying my own bookshelves as it is). I found an interesting hardback copy of a Wizard of OZ comic book version that I think is going to be fun. I also got Jeff two illustrated books on WWII warplanes, and an illustrated encyclopedia of American Motorcycles for Mike. Not a bad day, in spite of the rain!

Lady Maelin · Oct 16 2011, 10:22 PM

Great to hear you had a good time this year...we love going to library sales and like you have several in this area that are held every year....many a fantastic treasure have come from them !

Priscilla · Oct 17 2011, 09:24 PM

I'll be going again next year, that's for sure!

Lady Maelin · Oct 23 2011, 10:59 PM

We go every year to three large ones in this area...and have a great time too.

Sep 22 2011, 07:39 PM	#1
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: F Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Book sale tomorrow Tomorrow the local library has their annual sale. I went 4 years ago when we moved here and I was not impressed. They had a lot of tables of books, but they were not in any sort of order. My thought would have been - a table for romance novels, a table for cookbooks, a table for historical novels, etc. All the books were jumbled together and I gave up after a short while. I'm hoping that now the library has been newly renovated they will have taken more time and thought to the proper set up of the sale in order to make it appealing to people who might actually want to BUY something?! We'll see. __________________ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller

Sep 22 2011, 08:13 PM	#2
mawra Dolphin Friend Craftmaster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CONCORD VA Gender: F Fan of: PERN Now Reading: Dolphins of Pern and Queens ow	Re: Book sale tomorrow Good luck. The library here sorts out childrens books. All the rest are stuck on the tablesd so that you have to look through all the other books to find sci-fi. __________________ November is write a 50,000 (or more) word novel, so go write MEDDLE NOT IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY AND GOOD WITH CHOCOLATE SO MANY BOOKS SO LITTLE TIME DRIVING SMART KEEPS YOU ALIVE

Sep 22 2011, 08:31 PM	#3
kevia Ballybran Resident Tuner Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Somewhere in the USA Gender: F Fan of: Nimisha's Ship Now Reading: Crystal Line	Re: Book sale tomorrow Our library system just had their fall book sale. I missed it because of vacation but they have one in the spring and one in the fall every year. It's great, 'cause they have space in the basement dedicated to it. Several rooms with shelves. The books are divided. Children's books are in one room and divided by categories and fiction or non-fiction. The adult books take up several rooms. One room has the nonfiction divided by categories. Another room has the SF/Fantasy, westerns, and popular authors. And another room has all the rest of the fiction separated by paperback or hardback and in alphabetical order by author. Are you all jealous yet??? lol I really love our libraries and their book sales!! __________________ Kevia

Sep 23 2011, 12:08 PM	#4
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: F Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: Book sale tomorrow I actually had a good time at the book sale. They had a nice selection of SciFi, none of Anne or Todd that I could see (not that I'd buy anyway, since I'm emptying my own bookshelves as it is). I found an interesting hardback copy of a Wizard of OZ comic book version that I think is going to be fun. I also got Jeff two illustrated books on WWII warplanes, and an illustrated encyclopedia of American Motorcycles for Mike. Not a bad day, in spite of the rain! __________________ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller

Oct 16 2011, 10:22 PM	#5
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Book sale tomorrow Great to hear you had a good time this year...we love going to library sales and like you have several in this area that are held every year....many a fantastic treasure have come from them ! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Oct 17 2011, 09:24 PM	#6
Priscilla Super Stitcher Craftmaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Gender: F Fan of: No One Noticed The Cat	Re: Book sale tomorrow I'll be going again next year, that's for sure! __________________ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller

Oct 23 2011, 10:59 PM	#7
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Book sale tomorrow We go every year to three large ones in this area...and have a great time too. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

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