The Auburn Public Library will host a used book sale at the Dean Road Recreation Center on Sept. 19.
According to Library Director Chris Warren, all kinds of gently used books have been donated for the sale.
Hardbacks from the sale will be $1 and paperbacks 50 cents. Proceeds from the event will go toward library programs and events.
The doors open at 8 a.m. and close at 2 p.m. The sale is open to the public, so no membership is required to shop the sale.
“We do have a very generous community that helps make the sale possible,” Warren said.
The sale takes place once in the spring and once in the fall. The spring sale raised $5,000. Warren said the library hopes to do as well with the fall sale.
"We had our most successful sale ever back in the spring," said Libby Anderson, president of the Friends of the Auburn Public Library.
The Friends of the Auburn Public Library helped put the spring sale together.
While the library plans events and programs, the Friends of the Auburn Public Library focus on volunteering and fundraising for the library.
The Friends of the Auburn Public Library sets up the sale and sorts the books by genre. The group also works the sale and packs the books up when the sale is over.
"It's almost like a pop up yard sale twice a year," Anderson said.
Anderson has been the President of The Friends of the Auburn Public Library since January 2015. She first got involved with the organization after a used book sale in 2012.
Donated books have been stored in a warehouse owned by First Team Construction, and the books are transported by Two Men and a Truck moving company.
"Weekly, we have someone that takes donations to a warehouse,” Anderson said.
Anyone interested in being a part of the Friends of the Auburn Public Library can email libraryfriendsapl@gmail.com.
Those wishing to donate books for future sales can drop off the books at the Auburn Public Library during normal hours.
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