Book sales

The biggest source of revenue for the Friends of the Olympia Library is sales of donated books and media. FOL sells these donated books via in-library sales shelves at both the downtown and West Olympia libraries, and on eBay.

In-library sales

You can buy books and media inside the downtown library FOL bookstore, located just past the holds shelves, whenever the library is open.

You can buy books and media inside the West Olympia Library from the sale shelves located near the back of the library, whenever the library is open.

You can pay for purchases from the in-library sales by cash or check placed into the boxes nearby, or by using Paypal via the QR code posted near the sales shelves. The Olympia FOL would like to know whether Paypal book sale purchases are being made from the downtown library bookstore or from the West Olympia library bookstore. To give us this information, please press the Paypal button below and use one of the payment options labeled “Olympia” for purchases made in the downtown library bookstore, or one of the options labeled “West Oly” for purchases made from the West Olympia Library book sale shelves:

FOL book sale purchase

Olympia $1 book sale purchase $1.00 USDWest Oly $1 book sale purchase $1.00 USDOlympia $2 book sale purchase $2.00 USDWest Oly $2 book sale purchase $2.00 USDOlympia $3 book sale purchase $3.00 USDWest Oly $3 book sale purchase $3.00 USDOlympia $4 book sale purchase $4.00 USDWest Oly $4 book sale purchase $4.00 USDOlympia $5 book sale purchase $5.00 USDWest Oly$5 book sale purchase $5.00 USDOlympia $10 book sale purchase $10.00 USDWest Oly $10 book sale purchase $10.00 USDOlympia $15 book sale purchase $15.00 USDWest Oly $15 book sale purchase $15.00 USD

If you want to pay an amount other than those offered, you can make multiple payments in any combination needed.

eBay sales

You can buy books online anytime at our eBay store.

What happened to the giant book sales?

For now, our giant book sales are a thing of the past, after being on hold during the pandemic. But please watch for our special pop-up, one-subject sales, such as gardening and holidays! Items are ready for your purchase from special sales carts near the general sales shelves.