I've spent the last two days volunteering for Cobb County Library - assisting in the unpacking and sorting of books for their semi-annual book sale that starts tomorrow (Friday, March 8th) at 9 am and goes thru Sunday. The sale is held in two buildings at Jim Miller Park.
Considering our local book stores don't have many books on book binding I wasn't surprised to find that artists hang on to these books and don't donate them. Don't let that stop you from visiting the book sale. They have A LOT of books on other subjects (some vintage) that can be used as reference or collage.
However, if you're a book artist or really, any kind of artist or crafter - you owe it yourself to check this out.
FOLKS!!! These are the sale prices of the books - NO BOOK over $1.50 !!! Even the large art books that cost over $60 in the book stores are only $1.50.
Some of the prices I remember:
Hardback Books : $1.50
Paper Back Books (standard romance, mystery, size) : $ 0.50
Paper Back Books (larger than standard) : $1.00
Reader's Digest Condensed : $ .25 ea or $2.00 box
DVDs/CD's : $ 2.00 ea or $ 4.00 boxed set
Magazines :
Categories Building A:
Arts / Music / Architecture / Photography / Movies / Music
African American
Biography / True Crime
Business / Real Estate / Investment & Finance
Computing
Cars / Planes / Trucks / Boats
Cooking
Foreign Language
Georgia & The South
History / Culture & Government Law
Humor
Hobbies / Crafts / Sewing / Models / Knitting / Decorating, etc.
Home & Garden
Literature / Poetry / Short Stories / Essays / Drama / Reading Lists / Classics (incl Spark & Cliff Notes)
Medicine & Health / Diet / Exercise / Families / Childbirth
Religion
Nature / Animals / Plants / Pets / Minerals / Etc.
Reference / Dictionaries / Atlases / etc.
Sociology / Psychology & Self Help
Sports
Travel
Text Books, General / Writing
Christmas
Large Print (All)
Military
Fiction (Hard Back)
Categories Building B:
Children and Youth
Paper Backs (fiction)
DVD / CD / Cassettes / VHS
Hello Janet, Found your lovely blog today, don't know which rabbit hole I fell in to, that led me here. What are you doing lately? Perhaps the stuff of life interferes with the blogging, but I surely enjoyed tooling around your site and I will come back...Carole (I claim Atlanta home, but living in College Hill, Ohio for almost 35 years now...UGa '79
ReplyDeleteHi! Funny you should ask. I've been selling our house in Atlanta and moving to Hendersonville, NC. I had to pack up my Art Studio to show the house - our realtors thought it confused people as to what they could use the room for (I'll post a before and after as the first return post). The contents have been in storage here for a couple of months (I feel like a grounded teenager). But I've been toying with starting to post again. Your comment has helped make that decision. Thanks! Stay warm
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