The Read It Again Bookstore in Bentonville, AR, is the library’s own second-hand bookstore. Their booksale sold a ton of books in preparation for their move to another location.
Ask LISNews: Booksales are great for fundraising, but why do so many Friends organizations only charge $.50 for books when many new books cost well over $20 these days? What do you think of the pricing?
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If their sale is anything like what happens at my library, getting the books out of the building is more important than selling each one at a higher price. No one around here looks forward to the post-sale packing up of books and lugging them to storage.
Also, I would estimate that about 60% of the books in a library book sale are in good or poor condition (worn covers, ex-library, etc.), thus charging $0.50 for paperbacks and $1.00-$2.00 for hardcovers is about what one might expect for books of that quality from any other used bookseller.