The ThriftBooks Blog

By The Library Team • October 17, 2021

The 16th Annual Friends of the Libraries Week is October 17–23, 2021. This kicks off another year to show appreciation and recognition to the Friends. Their daily volunteer work helps fund our libraries, keeping them alive and their doors open to readers. ThriftBooks creates a circle with the Friends groups; we help them sell their books resulting in increased library funding.

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By The Library Team • September 08, 2020

Have you ever wondered why you might want to get a copy of a book marked as being "Ex-library?" Our Library Team explains here why sometimes that is the best choice, and how your local library could benefit from it.

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By Michael Martin • May 28, 2020

Libraries have always done incredible work at pivoting around the edges to remain the best resource their unique communities need. Today, libraries are facing one of their biggest challenges ever—how to serve their communities in the midst of unexpected closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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By Jamie Hurst • May 26, 2020

Right now, we know a lot of book lovers are missing their libraries. Today we are spotlighting some of the wonderful ways libraries can make memories.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • September 18, 2019

Libraries are magical and librarians are magicians. So many of us found our love of the written word amidst the sacred stacks of our childhood bibliotech. We'll never forget the sense of excitement as the librarian handed us a pile of delicious new stories. Not surprisingly, libraries and librarians show up in the pages of lots of great books. Here are ten that we like.

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