The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 2 As mentioned previously, FOL volunteers spend every Tuesday morning sorting the donated books that make their way into the library bookstore or FOL pop-up book sales. And we continue to find things that have been left in donated books. A recent sampling turned up a Russian song…
Get Ready! Another awesome book sale is coming!! The FOL will be hosting a book sale on Saturday, December 10, from 10-1 at the library. Fill an Ingles paper shopping bag with books of your choice for $5. Or purchase children’s books for 2 for $1.00. This sale will not be a lot of any…
Yes, we sell dissected maps in our library bookstore! This was an early term for what we now know as jigsaw puzzles. The puzzle craze was at its heyday in the early 1900’s, but by the 1960’s jigsaw puzzles had all but disappeared. That changed a few years ago, when we were all staying home…
Every Tuesday, FOL volunteers sort through donated books that we then use to stock our library bookstore. And every Tuesday we are surprised at what we find that’s been left in the books. A small sampling includes an old postcard of cowboys, a Bridge point-count bidding card, an announcement of a 1949 concert with Leonard…
In addition to the library bookstore and hosting book sales, the Black Mountain FOL also raises funds by selling books online. Our Etsy store, FOLBlackMountain (www.etsy.com/shop/FOLBlackMountain), has sold 450 books since it opened in 2020. In 2021 alone, the store raised $9,000 by selling only vintage and collectible books. Clearly, this is a successful tool…
FOL Book Donations Thanks to the generosity of Black Mountain residents, the FOL receives book donations every week. Sometimes a few books, sometimes several boxes of books. Most of these donations are destined for our library bookstore, and the money raised from selling these books is used to support the library. Occasionally the FOL receives…
Friends of the Black Mountain LibraryDog Days of Summer Pop-Up Book Sale August 13, 2022 While the dog days of summer will have technically ended, our FOL dog days book sale will offer plenty of summertime reading. The sale is scheduled for Saturday, August 13 from 10 am until 1 pm and will be at…