Last Chance this Year! Shop at the "Pay What You Want Library Book Sale" Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26!  

The Rock Island Public Library’s “name your own price” book sale extends from 10 am to 1 pm on Friday, October 25, and again Saturday, October 26. The sale occurs in the Community Room of the Rock Island Downtown Library, 401 19^th Street, Rock Island. The quarterly book sales will resume next year, but this is the last one for 2024.

Buyers pay by voluntary donation, unless items are otherwise marked, so fill a box, bag, or two, and stock up. Due to school donations and other donation activity, the Fall sale will feature a large supply of classroom set books and other titles for children. The sale offers a wide array of “pay what you want” books for every age and taste, from fiction to nonfiction, in teen titles, cookbooks, fiction and nonfiction for adults, magazines, DVDs and audiobooks. The sale’s special pricing table also includes other treasures, priced as marked. Cash, check, and credit/debit cards are accepted. 

Rock Island Public Library Foundation PALS volunteers run the sale, with proceeds benefiting special library programs and services. PALS is short for “People Advocating for Library Services.” In addition to library book sales and other special fundraising projects, PALS volunteers may help with beautification, library advocacy, and programming support tasks at Rock Island Library locations.

In between sales, the Rock Island Library Downtown and Southwest locations also offer small sale shelves of books and other items.

For information about PALS membership, visit the library website under “donate” or “volunteer,” or contact the Rock Island Library Foundation via the library website. 

For more information about other library events, check the Rock Island Library calendar at the library website, call 309-732-7323 (READ,) or follow library social media pages.