Volunteers have sorted thousands of donated books, movies, CDs and other items for a good cause: the C.C. Mellor Memorial Library’s 2025 Annual Book Sale. It starts Friday and continues through Monday at the Edgewood Club.
Development and Communications Coordinator Jorie Meil said it’s the library’s biggest event of the year, and community members can shop the more than 15,000 donated items to support the library.
Library officials said the annual event ensures services remain accessible to all those residents and other community members, according to a news release. “This is one of my favorite events of the year. It takes so much community to make it happen,” Library Director Erin Pierce said in a news release. “We get thousands of books donated each year, and volunteers spend hundreds of hours leading up the sale sorting books and working at the event. It is so great to see all of the folks who come for the sale and get to rehome a great book. All these people, the donators, volunteers and shoppers are all an invaluable part of our library community,”
The weekend kicks off with a preview/shop early night from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Admission will be $20 at the door, and dealers and scanners are welcome, according to the release. The main sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
During the preview and main sale days, prices are: adult books for $2; small mass market paperbacks for $1; children’s and young adult books for 50 cents; audiobooks, DVDs and video games for $2; and CDs for $1.
From 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday, the final day, shoppers can fill a bag for only $6 or a box for $10, according to the release.
The book sale is plastic-free, Melie said, so everyone is encouraged to bring bags or purchase a CCM branded tote bag.
The Edgewood Club is located at 1 Pennwood Ave. For more information go to ccmellorlibrary.org.
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