{"id":13,"date":"2012-01-21T21:28:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T21:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:50:48","slug":"book-stores","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/book-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of the Romeo District\u00a0Library operate and maintain used book stores in Graubner and Kezar branch libraries. Proceeds from book sales support outreach and community programs and literacy projects of the Romeo District Library.\u00a0We are grateful to the community members and Library patrons who donate their gently used books to the Friends&#8217; book stores in support of literacy in our community.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends also donate many books to organizations that distribute them to people who need them. Examples include teachers, assisted living facilities, Operation Paperback and Military Moms.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BOOK-STORE-IMAGE-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1706 size-thumbnail alignleft\" title=\"Graubner 5\" src=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BOOK-STORE-IMAGE-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BOOK-STORE-IMAGE-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1709 size-thumbnail alignright\" title=\"Kezar 3\" src=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/BOOK-STORE-IMAGE-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Friends&#8217;\u00a0Book Stores are open\u00a0during <a href=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/?page_id=93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">library hours<\/a>\u00a0and feature a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books as well as audio books and books for children of all ages. You can pay for your books by cash or check at the circulation desk.<\/p>\n<p>The Book Stores are restocked and maintained by volunteers. The day to day operation of the Book Stores is only possible because of Romeo District Library&#8217;s circulation desk staff who manage sales &#8211; we are grateful for their generous partnership.<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday Sales at Kezar<\/h2>\n<p>Every Saturday at Kezar Book Store &#8211; all items are <a href=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/50-off.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1749\" src=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/50-off.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/50-off.png 256w, https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/50-off-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 28px) 100vw, 28px\" \/><\/a> the regular\/individual price.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.8em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1585 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-bookshop-cropped-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"old-bookshop-cropped\" width=\"175\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-bookshop-cropped-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/old-bookshop-cropped.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>Vintage Books<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Our collection of vintage books is housed primarily at Kezar Book Store. Prices range from $1 to $5. We have classics, poetry, children&#8217;s books, history, and many others. Our selection changes daily. Maybe there is a treasure in our collection waiting for you?<\/p>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.5em;\">Bookstore Prices <\/span><br \/>All items are $5 per Bag (unless vintage or otherwise marked)<\/h3>\n<p>Individually priced books are as follows*:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hardcover Books &#8211; $3<\/li>\n<li>Trade Paperbacks &#8211; $2<\/li>\n<li>Small Paperbacks &#8211; 4\/$1<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s Books &#8211; 2\/$1<\/li>\n<li>CD Audio Books\/Music CDs\/DVDs &#8211; $2<\/li>\n<li>All Ex-Library Books and Media &#8211; $1\n<ul>\n<li><em>includes all books, CDs and DVDs<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>*<em>Some hardcover books, such as items in our Vintage Books, are individually priced. From time to time, the Friends Used Bookstore receives items that are of a higher value. Special effort is made to sell those items at close to market price and increase the funding we provide to the library.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1780  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt-881x1024.png 881w, https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/library-tshirt.png 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">T-Shirts <br \/>available <br \/>at Graubner<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Only $15<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of the Romeo District\u00a0Library operate and maintain used book stores in Graubner and Kezar branch libraries. Proceeds from book sales support outreach and community programs and literacy projects of the Romeo District Library.\u00a0We are grateful to the community &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/book-stores\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1800,"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romeodistrictlibrary.org\/friends\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}