Friends of the Library Book Sale
THE SPRING 2026 FOL BOOK SALE!
Member’s Night
Thursday, May 14th – 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Community Book Sale
Friday May, 14 th – 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 15 th – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 16 th – 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Box Sale Day)
NOTICE
Book donations will resume Tuesday, June 30th
Please review the guidelines for donations as there are items we cannot take.
The Friends will be accepting donations of books, puzzles, and games every Tuesday from 12:00 to 4:00. We ask that you try to arrive with your books by at least 3:30, as it takes some time to process books and we must also clear and clean the area for library use by 4:00. Please review the guidelines for donations, as we cannot take everything.
Thank you very much for contributing to this event that is both a fund raiser for the library and a much loved community event.
Every Tuesday you can bring up to four boxes or bags of donation books, puzzles, and DVD’s and CD’s to the Chestertown KCPL meeting room. We pause donations for a few weeks after each book sale in order to take a deep breath and reorganize for the next sale. We appreciate your respect of this time off.
Fall Donation Days
Tuesdays, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The book sale is a team effort between volunteers and donors. Help us make the process as smooth as possible.
PLEASE NOTE: We are not open to accept donations the week before or the week of the book sale.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR DONATIONS TO FOUR BOXES or BAGS per Tuesday. If we are inundated, we may not have enough time or volunteers to process the books. If you have more than that amount, we request that you spread out the donations over a number of weeks. If you have a substantial number of boxes or bags, please contact Deborah Collier at collier.deborahm@gmail.com so we can arrange for delivery at a time when we have enough volunteers to process the books.
4th Saturdays, 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. (to begin again in the new year).
We open for donations on these Saturdays to accommodate folks who work and cannot make it to the library on Tuesdays by 4:00. Before loading your car up, do check this site to confirm that the Saturday collection is occurring.
Please remember that the books you donate must be sellable. As you cull your personal reading or go through your deceased aunt’s library, please consider the following FOL guidelines (and read the notes at the end, thanks):
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Please make your donations at least two weeks before the Book Sale.
Yes, please!
- Fiction in good condition
- Non-fiction in good condition
- History, biography in good condition
- Cookbooks in good condition
- Gardening books in good condition
- Potentially rare and valuable books
- Children’s books in good condition
- Complete puzzles in good condition
- Audio books, CD’s, DVD’s
No, thank you.
- Textbooks and encyclopedias
- Books smelling of smoke, mildew, etc.
- Books showing silverfish or similar damage
- Books showing rodent or pet damage
- Books defaced, heavily marked
- Books showing water damage
- Books with foxed and crumbling pages
- Magazines
- VHS tapes
A note of caution: Please leaf through all your books before bringing them to the library. You’ll miss that photo of you and your dad at the lake and that handwritten recipe from your grandmother. We find bookmarks, newspaper articles, photos, cards, and more. Help us out and remove the little extras that collect between the pages. If you have “lost” a treasured bit of paper or a photo, we have a box of those that you can ask to see.
And remember to make your donations at least two weeks before the book sale. If you cannot bring your books by then, please hold your donations until collection begins again. We promise it won’t be long.