Friends of Milpitas Library



Book Sale Information

Learn more about our thrice-annual book sales as well as our continual inside book sales. Proceeds from the book sales benefit a number of childrens, young-adult and adult programs in the library as well as other library-related projects. If you would like to volunteer for our book sales, please visit our page for volunteers.

September Book Sale

Our next book sale will be held from Friday, September 26th through Sunday, September 28th, in the community room of the library.

• Friday, September 26th is member's-only night. Doors open from 7pm until 9pm. Bring your membership card, or purchase a membership at the door. Individual memberships allow 1 person to enter; family memberships allow the whole family to enjoy the booksale. You must be present to hold a place in line -- you cannot "save" your spot with boxes or other items. Learn more about memberships.
• Saturday, September 27th is open to the public. Doors open from 10am until 5pm.
• Sunday, September 28th is open to the public, and is also bargain day. Doors open from 11am until 3pm.

Prices

• Books cost $1.50 per inch.
• VHS tapes, cassette tapes and CDs (music and software) cost $1 each.
• Audio books, DVDs, VCDs and games cost $5 each.
• Special items are not priced by the inch. These items will have a price sticker on them.
• Bargain Day Sales: each paper grocery bag you fill with books costs $5 per bag. In addition, multimedia prices are 1/2 off.

Donating Books

Donations are always welcome. You can drop off gently-used books and multimedia to the drop-off box in the library, to the right of the door to the Milpitas History Room. Foreign language books are desired.

Inside Book Sales

In addition to the semi-annual booksales, there are ongoing booksales in the library near the check-out counter. Several carousels and shelves of books are located to the left of the check-out counter, near the library entrance. Paperbacks cost $1 per book; hardbacks costs vary by book and are marked as such.