“The Jacksonville fairgrounds has more than adequate space for the sale, but this year even parking was a challenge for people attending, and that’s a good sign for us,” Harry Regan, president for the Friends, said.
The Friends of the Library volunteer their time year round to several major revenue generators to raise funds for the library including the Great Jacksonville Book sales held twice a year now in the fall and spring seasons.
The Booktique owned and operated by the Friends, and staffed entirely by volunteers, is located in the Laura Street entrance of the Main Library. The Booktique offers great buys on books for readers of all ages. The Saturday Morning Bookstore, also staffed entirely by volunteers, is open each Saturday and operated out of the University Park Library Branch. Volunteers sell, sort and organize thousands of books in preparation to sell by Friends volunteers.
The Friends had such a great success at this past book sale they’re extending their specials at the Saturday Morning Bookstore at the University Park Branch to include buy one get one free on fiction and audio/video materials.
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