Book Sale

The Annual Library Friends Book Sale is coming Memorial Weekend

The popular North Tillamook Library Friends (NTLF) Book Sale returns to Manzanita on Memorial Weekend with more than 6,000 gently used books, including fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.

If you are not a current member of NTLF, you may join at the North Tillamook Library in Manzanita or online. You may also become a member in person at the sale.

A beloved community event, the annual book sale has been going for nearly 20 years, says Organizer Madeline Olson who has been involved for the past 15 years. Book donations are accepted throughout the year, sorted by volunteers, and stored until it’s time for the sale. More recently, the Friends have offered books for sale year-round at the Manzanita branch of the Tillamook County Library.

Proceeds from the annual book sale support the Friends’ ongoing maintenance of the library building and grounds, ensuring the library facility can continue to serve Wheeler, Nehalem, Manzanita, our rural communities, and visitors to the area far into the future.

2024 Book Sale Schedule

Friday, May 24, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Member Only Sale

Saturday, May 25, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Public Book Sale

Locations

Hoffman Center - non-fiction
Calvary Bible Church - non-fiction
Pine Grove Community House - Fiction and children’s books

Children’s books sell for $.25 to $1. All other books range from $1 to $7 depending on whether they are hard cover or soft cover.

Volunteer.

Are you interested in volunteering for the Book Sale? Please fill out the form below. The volunteer schedule and sign up sheet will be posted online at the beginning of August.

Member-Only sale.

Are you a member of the North Tillamook Library Friends? If so, you get to shop the book sale a day early! If not, you can sign up to become a member online or shop the book sale Saturday…

Public sale.

Come one, come all! Bring cash or checks and enjoy perusing our wide selection of genres.

Donations.

We are not accepting additional donations for the book sale. If you have gently read fiction or non-fiction books to donate, you may take them to the library for their ongoing sale.

Donation Changes for 2024.

We can no longer accept:

  • Music CDs and cassettes

  • Movies on DVDs or VHS media

  • Reference Books such as dictionaries

  • Travel guides published before 2019

  • Older (pre-2019) computer/software guides, business, finance, self-help, diet and nutrition books.

We cannot have a book sale without your generous donations. Thank you for supporting our Library.

Volunteer

Are you interested in volunteering for the Book Sale? Please contact Madeline Olson at at allanmadeline@aol.com

 

Special Request From Library Friends

North Tillamook Library Friends is in need of a new space for sorting, pricing and storing books and supplies for our Annual Book Sale. We have received notice that the property where our current sorting room is located is on the market to be sold. If the Annual Book Sale, which has been a fixture in our community for over 20 years, is to continue we need to find new space for continuing our volunteer work.

The sale provides approximately $7,000 to $8,000 per year to support the maintenance of the North Tillamook Library in Manzanita. 

We have been fortunate for more than 10 years to find space that was free or required only the payment of the electrical bill. Library Friends might be able to pay a small amount for rent if we find a suitable replacement space. 

We need approximately 700 square feet. That can be in one, two or three rooms in the same building, as long as one room is large enough to accommodate the sorting work tables; there are 6 tables that are 8 feet long. The space needs to be dry and have electricity. We have heaters and a dehumidifier in order to keep the books in optimum condition for the sale.

Ideally, we are looking for space in the Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler area in order to have easy access for volunteers who sort and price the books and annually, for the volunteers who move the books to the book sale sites.

If you have such space or know of such space, you could be a lifesaver for our Library. Please contact Madeline Olson at allanmadeline@aol.com. 

Thank you for your consideration.