Weekly Specials, News & More
Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing! Right now we have way too many
large print books. Boxes and boxes (and boxes) of large print books – good books – but they’re taking more than their fair share of space. I think our solution will make some people very happy. The books are out of the boxes now and starting Wednesday, we are offering a very special deal on select large print books, buy one for $1.00 and get 2 free! The books are hardcover and most are fiction, but not all, there is a sprinkling of assorted nonfiction. If you know someone who likes or needs large print, please let them know about this sale. I’m sure they’ll thank you.
You can Buy One Get One Free this week on select hard cover fiction; buy one book for only $1.00 and get a second book free. This collection of books includes general fiction, mystery and even a little sci-fi. You will choose from recent titles and popular authors. This is another one of those deals you don’t want to miss.
Every once in a while donations coming into the bookstore slow down. Maybe it’s the weather or just the time of year, after all it’s cold, often with rain or snow. We are beginning to get low on certain categories of books. We are presently looking for GENTLY USED books in the following categories:
• Literature and Classics – this is our greatest need
• History
• Civil War
• Art
• Cook Books
You can click on this link http://www.kpl.gov/friends/bookstore/donating.aspx for information on donating or just click on the
Donating Books and Media link to the right of this post.
We truly appreciate your help.
Here are a couple of reasons you should visit the Friends Bookstore this week:
- We added many lovely leather-looking classics by the Franklin Library Press to our Classics and Literature collection, think Jane Eyre, The Scarlet Letter, Paradise Lost, etc.
- This is the last week for our 10¢ sale on select children’s books
- We put together a nice selection of Black Studies books in honor of Black History Month
- We have a spotlight on Science Fiction
- We have a spotlight on Children’s folk tales, myths and legends
- We have great deals every day!
The donations we receive from the generous people in this community keep our little store fresh and interesting. Almost every day we unload boxes and bags filled with books which we then sort, price and shelve. I can assure you that the people in this community are not only generous but also interesting and well read. We love receiving the wide range of topics and titles we are given.
We do get a lot of questions about the types of books we want or need. I appreciate questions. There are certain books or types of books that we don’t have a market for. For example, old text books are not big sellers, neither are old encyclopedias or old health or legal books. This link www.kpl.gov/friends/bookstore/donations will give you the information you need.
Right now we are in need of current nonfiction. We are looking for history, science, psychology, self-help, art, travel and geography books. We know that many people read their books and save them; other’s read and pass their books along. If you have current nonfiction that you are ready to pass along we would love to accept it and get it out in the store for others to enjoy. Your donations make great books available for others to read and help raise funds to support our local library. Please call us at 553.7820 if you have any questions.
This is definitely the time of year that you do not want to run out of books to read; it’s cold, it’s snowy, and it’s just plan difficult to get around. There is an easy way to make sure that doesn’t happen to you. Bundle up and come on down to the Friends Bookstore, bring $10.00 with you. With an investment of $10.00 and a little time spent looking through our books, you could easily walk out of here with enough books to get you through the worst part of the rest of this winter.
Spotlights this week include: Black History, Children’s Folk Tales, Memoirs, and Valentine’s Day books.
“The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television.” ~Andrew Ross, author
Our small bookstore is filled with ideas to contemplate, facts to learn, and stories to immerse yourself in.
I want to share with you a list of the categories of books we have available in the bookstore. You'll find lots of food for thought.
Architecture, Art, Biography, Black Studies, Business, CDs (music), Children’s, Civil War, Classics, Collectibles, Computers, Cooking, Crafts, Diet, Drama, Education, Fiction, Fitness, Food, Foreign Language, Gardening, Geography, Government, Health, History, Hobbies, How To, Humor, Language, Law, Literature, Marriage, Mathematics, Medicine, Michigan, Military, Miscellaneous, Music, Mystery, Native American, Nature, New Age, New Arrivals, Occult, Parenting, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Reading, Reference, Religion, Romance, Science, Science Fiction, Self Help, Seniors, Sociology, Speaking, Speech, Sports, Spy, Travel, True Stories, Westerns, Women’s Issues, Writing, Young Adult Fiction
We welcome you to come in and browse.
This is the week you’ve been waiting for. The first Bag-of-Books Sale of 2013 is this Saturday and once again two dollars buys a grocery-size bag full of books! There are thousands of good books to choose from. Books will be divided by category, and you can select from general fiction and mystery, science fiction, romance, large print, assorted nonfiction, and children’s books. There will also be CDs, videos, and audio books.. You never know what treasures you may find!
The sale starts at 9:00 Saturday morning and winds up at 3:30. It takes place on the third floor of Central Library. We encourage you to bring your own bag but we will have a limited supply of bags available. All books and a/v materials at this sale are 10₵ each or only $2.00 for everything you can fit in a grocery-size bag.
Call us at 553.7820 if you have any questions.
This week our normal business hours resume. The new year is firmly underway and we begin 2013 grateful for the opportunity to continue the rewarding relationships we have with the Kalamazoo Public Library and also with the Kalamazoo/Portage community.
The Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library was organized in 1937 by a group of residents that valued and wanted to give support to the public library. (Click here to learn more about the history of the FKPL
http://www.kpl.gov/friends/history.aspx ) The present Board and members of the Friends of KPL continues to be dedicated to promoting the library as an essential institution in our community. We feel privileged to be able to carry on these efforts and proud of our local public library and all the important services it offers to our community. We believe that the Kalamazoo Public Library is truly one of Kalamazoo’s greatest assets.
Kalamazoo is a community that values and supports its library. One of the ways this community shows that support is through generous donations to the FKPL. We are constantly surprised and delighted by the quantity and quality of the donations we receive.
So as we begin this new year we want to thank the Kalamazoo Public Library for the amazing contributions it makes to our community, we want to thank all of the wonderful people that donate books and music and movies, and we want to thank our customers who over time have become our friends.
Spotlights this week are: Religion, Political Science, and Poetry
Holiday Store Hours:
This week the store will be open Friday (12/28) and Saturday (12/29)
Next week the store will be open Thursday (1/3), Friday (1/4), and Saturday (1/5)
The Christmas and New Year Holidays will disrupt our normal business hour this year. We will be open reduced hours the weeks of December 24 – 29 and December 31 – January 5. We don’t want you to make a trip to see and find us closed so jot our holiday schedule down.
• Christmas week will be open only on Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th
• New Year week we will be open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday – the 3rd, 4th, and 5th
This week in the store we have a spotlight on Michigan books. This collection is a mixed bag of books about Michigan’s history, environment, people, and books by Michigan authors both fiction and nonfiction. There are some very nice books here. Many would make lovely gifts. Speaking of gifts, we are continuing to add to our Gift-Quality Book Sale. Remember us as you start or continue your holiday shopping.