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Thank you for coming to the 2019 Summer Used Book Sale.

Our next sale will happen in November at Central Library. 

Preview Sale for Friends

The next Preview Sale for Friends of Knowledge and up (membership levels at $50 and up) will happen in November 2019. You will automatically receive 10% off your purchase at the checkout. 

Click here to become a Friend of Knowledge and get VIP access to the 2019 book sale preview events.

Volunteering

Sign up here. We also host individuals and groups from schools, organizations and companies throughout the Denver Metro Area during the book sale. Call us at 720-865-1705 to book a large group.

If you sign up for closing help at our book sales, you get a free box of books!

All volunteers, teachers and DPL staff receive a 25% discount during the sale (not including the Red Chair Bookshop.)

Sponsor the Sale

Imagine a book sale so big it fills the Denver Central Library Conference Center and beyond! Our summer and winter used book sales are four-day events that attract nearly 6,000 – 8,000 visitors from the around the Denver Metro Area and other western states.

Want to learn more about sponsorship? Call 720-865-2051 for more information.

Thank you to our event sponsors:

Events

2018 Book Sale Volunteers

Volunteer With Us

We have a bookselling enterprise housed at Denver Central Library. We have a bookshop, a book donation processing center, an online storefront and two large book sale events a year. Volunteers and interns from Denver Public Schools help us run the bookshop and sort our books. 

Red Chair Bookshop

We run a small bookshop at Central Library, Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Our collection is eclectic and in great shape. Proceeds benefit Denver Public Library. 

Directions and More Information 

Judy and John Steinbeck have a visit

Donor Profile

Judy Allender, long-time Board member and supporter of Denver Public Library, shares her library story.