CUBBERLEY
USED BOOK SALES
Saturday July 9
Ephemera 8 am - 4 pm
Tent Sale 9 am - 4 pm
Bargain and Children's Rooms 10 am - 4 pm
Main Room Sale 11 am - 4 pm
Sunday July 10
All Rooms Open 11 am - 4 pm
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FEATURED IN JULY
Politics & Government
Business
Science & Mathematics
Gardening
Nature & Animals
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4000 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto
NE corner of the Cubberley Community Center
(650) 213-8755
www.friendspaloaltolib.org
Map
More information on the sales
Donate your old books
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES
Marty's (Main) Room
In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge.
Hardcover books start at $1.00 and softcover books start at only 50
cents.
Due to the popularity of our sale and the fact that we can only have
160 customers in the room at any time a numbered ticket system (Main
Room only) is in place and numbers are given out beginning at 8am on
Saturday. Be sure to be in line in order of your number before the
11am opening. If you miss the time when your number is allowed to
enter the Main Room you will forfeit your place in line. NOTE: If
you plan on arriving to the sale after 11am you do NOT need to get a
number.
Please note that due to crowding during the first two hours of the
Book Sale, no strollers, rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the
Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike.
By 12:30 or so, the crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to bring
these items into the sale.
Children's Book Sale
The Children's Room has moved to the portable formerly occupied by
the Jewish Community Center next to the soccer field. It is entirely
filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture books,
school age fiction and non-fiction, award winners, non-English titles,
CDs and DVDs, and books for parents and teachers, most for 50 cents
or $1. Strollers are welcome in the Children's Room at any time.
Bargain Books in K-7
The Bargain Room is located in Rooms K-7 and K-6 of the Cubberley main
campus, right next to the tennis courts. On Saturday, Paperbacks are 50
cents, hardcovers are $1, and children's books are just 25 cents each.
The room also contains many LP records and 78s at $1 each. On Sunday,
the room opens at 11 am and all prices are half off. Or, save even more
on Sunday by buying grocery bags from us for $5 each and stuffing them
with any items in the room. Buy 4 bags and get the 5th one FREE!
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Remodeled Downtown Library Re-Opens July 16 |
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The newly remodeled Downtown Branch Library will reopen on Saturday
July 16. There will be free refreshments and family entertainment all
day long beginning at 9:30am - 6pm. For more information please visit
the Palo Alto Library web site.
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Non-Profit Book Giveaway |
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Non-profit organizations, schools and teachers that need FREE books
can come to the Bargain Room this month from 4 to 6 pm on Sunday,
July 10. Please bring your own grocery bags to put books into.
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Suggestions? |
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We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our
book sale. Please email them to us at
suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org
or mention them to a volunteer at the sale. |
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July Sale Notes |
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Donation activity was near an all-time high this month. Perhaps it was
the publicity from the Blue Bin Controversy (see below) or the result
of many of our local patrons doing some summer cleaning but whatever
the reason we are always happy to receive such a bounty! Topping the
list were two large and generous donations from Stanford University.
The Graduate School of Business bestowed upon us a massive donation
of books on business and other subjects, including many textbooks.
Most will be found in the Business section but there were also
many books on Sociology and Psychology which will be found
in those respective sections.... The Hoover Institute came
through with not one, but THREE large donations. Much of the material
was on Political Science and Military (Defense) issues.
It is an interesting mix of stuff from current issues such as terrorism
and going back into the 1950s and 1960s when battling Communism was all
the rage. Since a lot of this material was produced for a small audience
it is stuff we rarely see. If these subjects are of interest, we'd
highly recommend attending the sale.... Our History Section
Manager wanted to mention that she's got a good selection of books on the
African-American experience.... It's not too late to plant your
garden. Lots of new books can be found in the Gardening section....
It was an unusually strong donation month for the Nature
section with a nice variety of titles on Dogs and Cats.
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Preview Our Shelves |
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Check out some of the tens of thousands of books that will be on sale
this weekend using our
shelf preview pictures.
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FOPAL's Amazon Affiliate Status |
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Due to the new Internet Sales Tax bill signed into law by Governor
Brown on July 1, FOPAL will no longer receive any income from
supporters clicking through to Amazon from the link on our web site.
You'll still get to the Amazon site, but FOPAL will not gain any
benefit from it.
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Children's Room Sale Keeps Getting Better |
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The popularity of our Children's Book Sale has grown since we moved
to the "Annex". Sales have been strong and the feedback from our
customers has been great. The stream of donated Children's Books
has been very strong all month and there is some great stuff to be
had. Don't forget to check the Children's Section in the Bargain
Room too!
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Blue Book Donation Bins Update |
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The blue book donation bins that have been showing up at Safeway
and other locations around Northern California are the property of
Thrift Recycling Management, a for-profit company ($27M sales for
2010) located in Lynnwood, WA whose main business is the sale of
used books on Amazon and other online venues. TRM sells though nine
different online entities, two of the largest being Owlsbooks and
HippoBooks on Amazon. FOPAL has been fighting the placement of those
bins in Palo Alto for two reasons. First, and foremost, any books
donated into those bins will not in any way, shape, or form benefit
Palo Alto, and secondly, we believe that the charity that is named on
the blue bins, Reading Tree, was set up by TRM (verified) and is
merely a front for TRM to solicit books for sale, while Reading Tree
ends up "donating" unsellable books (most Children's Books are not
suitable for selling online). Safeway has come under fire, most
notably from a consortium of East Bay FOL groups, and has now offered
local groups the books that are donated in the bins. FOPAL is
currently working on an agreement with Safeway to manage the bins
placed at Safeway locations in Palo Alto though a final agreement
has not been reached. For the moment, anything donated to the bins at
Safeway and non-Safeway locations will end up with TRM. We are still
working to get the non-Safeway bins removed from Palo Alto.
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Bring Your Donations! |
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Donations are accepted in the Main Room during our normal hours of
2pm - 4pm Tuesday through Saturday. Use the door on the right side
of the building, next to the fire lane. If you need to bring books
to us outside of those hours just call (650) 213-8755 and see if
anyone is working in the book room and can accept your donation.
We also accept donations during the Book Sale hours as well. Book
and media donations can also be dropped off at the Main Library
(limit of one bag or box per day, please). Note that the new
College Terrace Library does not have the space to store donations
so they ask that you please do not drop donations off there.
Pickups can be arranged for large donations or if you are
physically unable to bring your books to us. Please email
donations@friendspaloaltolib.org
or call (650) 213-8755 for more information or to leave a message
after hours.
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Bargain Room Bag Sale on Sunday |
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On Sunday the Bargain Room features our popular "bag sale". For
$5.00 you purchase a large shopping bag from our cashier and then
you can fill it up with anything inside the Bargain Room. We
encourage creative bag packing to maximize value. For every 4
bags you buy, you get an additional bag FREE! If you don't want
to buy a whole bag, all items are 50% off our Saturday prices --
so hardback books and media are only 50 cents, softcover books
only 25 cents.
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One-Liners |
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VOLUNTEER! We are looking for book-loving, community minded
folks to work with us. Think about volunteering a few hours a month.
Call (650) 213-8755 and leave your contact info or email
volunteer@friendspaloaltolib.org
for more information.... Look for some exciting changes to the
FOPAL web site in the near future.... Remember, we do accept
donations during the sale -- drop off a few and pick up some new
ones.... Thank you to all who have brought shipping materials to
us!.... If you sell on eBay you can donate a portion of your
sale to FOPAL! We're now listed as one of the charities under
"eBay Giving Works". Please contact us if you need more
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NEW! Recycle Your Used Packing Materials At FOPAL |
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Looking for a place to recycle those packing materials? FOPAL can use
them! As our online sales have grown we would be happy to accept your
used bubble mailers, small boxes, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, and
those bags of air and we'll reuse them. We cannot use large boxes or
styrofoam blocks.
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Think Ecologically! - Bring or Donate Your Own Bags |
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Due to the increasing reuse of grocery and other bags, we tend to run
short at our sales and encourage you to bring your own cloth tote or
paper bags to the sale. If you have any extra grocery or department
store bags in good condition please bring them for your purchases at
the sale. We would also gladly accept any extra bags you wish to donate.
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Support Palo Alto's Libraries While You Shop |
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By shopping at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park a percentage of your
purchase price can help the Palo Alto Libraries at no cost to you.
At Kepler's, just mention to
the cashier that you want to support the Friends of the Palo Alto
Library.
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