Annual Wake County Public Library Book Sale
photo credit: MatthewBradley
When my mom called while I was on the road, telling her that I was headed to an abandoned Kmart for a book sale sounded a lot sketchier than it turned out to be. The sale: the 2008 Wake County Public Library Book Sale.
The annual Wake County Public Library Book Sale will be held for the third year in the former Super Kmart building at 4121 New Bern Ave. , in east Raleigh, on US Highway 64 Business. The site is in a shopping center anchored by Golden Corral on the street-front. More than 300,000 books will be available for sale in the largest sale of its kind in the Southeast.
Paperbacks $1. Hardbacks $4. But if you can contain yourself, the prices drop every day.
- Wednesday, November 19: noon till 9 p.m.
- Thursday and Friday, November 20 and 21: 10 a.m. till 9 p.m.
- Prices the first three days are $4 for hardbound books; $1 for paperbacks.
- Saturday, November 22: 8 a.m. till 8 p.m.
- Prices on Saturday are $2 for hardbound books; 50 cents for paperbacks.
- Sunday, November 23: 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
I walked away with 18 books and, yes, I feel like a bandit after paying only $18.
This sale actually comes at a great time (but when could a massive book sale not come at a good time?) considering this is the week of the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, a gathering which boasts its amazingly low, steal-of-a-deal convention book prices. It, however, is in Rhode Island. My book sale? An abandoned Kmart!
So, if you’re a Southeastern student like me, get your buns down to that Kmart. Take cash and/or your checkbook as these are the only accepted forms of payment. It’s the perfect place to buy any classic that you’ve been wanting and meaning to get a copy of (e.g., Pilgrim’s Progress).
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