BOOK SALE NEWS
Happy New Year! We hope you had a happy holiday season and are looking forward to 2025. Puzzlemania is back! For the focused sale in January, the shelves will be filled with gently loved puzzles to challenge us during the cold winter days when we’d rather stay indoors. Our puzzles range in price from $1.00-$5.00, with a few specially marked exceptions. During February and March we will be back to the books and focusing on the categories of Fiction and Mysteries.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 15th! The library will be transformed into a casino, complete with gaming tables,” funny money,” dealers and pit bosses. The event will run from 5-9 pm, and there will be drinks and hors-d’oeuvres served. Tickets will go on sale in the library on February 1. The cost is $100.00 per person, which will include $200.00 of ” funny money” to be used to gamble with.
Thank you for supporting the Friends of the Essex Library. All proceeds from book sales and special events are used to supplement library resources and programs.
FAQs
Donations
We cannot accept:
- Books with mold or water damage
- Magazines (including National Geographic)
- Text books over 2 years old or marked up items
- Technology books/manuals over 1 year old
- Encyclopedias
- Movies, music, and audiobooks
- Books on business or health
When and where do I bring my donations to the library?
Please bring items to the circulation desk. Donation can be dropped off during reualr library hours.
What happens to donations?
Donated items are screened for use by the library. If they do not go on the library shelves, they are sorted, priced, and put into categories for our book sales. We do not have a lot of sorting room so they go into category boxes in the order in which they arrive. Items that don’t sell during our sales continue their journey and are saved for subsequent focused sales or put on the Freebie cart near the library entrance.
Can I get a tax deduction?
The library will be happy to give you a form that thanks you for your donations but does not put a monetary value on them. Ask for the form when you bring in your donation items.
More questions about donations?
Other questions about donations – contact Peggy Tuttle at peggytuttle@gmail.com or Lisa Burkarth at lisaburkarth@yahoo.com
What categories do you use for the BOOK SALES?
ACTIVITIES AND GAMES / PUZZLES
ART
BIOGRAPHIES
CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULT – including Board Books
COFFEE TABLE
COOKBOOKS
DIY – Crafts, Woodworking, Etc.
FICTION
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
GARDENING
HISTORY
HUMOR
LITERATURE / DRAMA – Short Stories, Essays, Plays
MARITIME
MISCELLANEOUS – Topics that do not fit elsewhere
MYSTERY
NATURE
PETS
POETRY
POLITICS
RELIGION
SCIENCE
SELF-HELP – Yoga, Philosophy, Psychology, Personal Growth
SMALL PAPERBACKS
SPECIAL
SPORTS
TRAVEL
