Sales

Support the Library by buying books, CDs, and DVDs. Sales support the Berkeley Public Library’s free community programs. 

The CENTRAL LIBRARY Bookstore is open Mon 12–4 and Tues–Sat 10–4 (closed July 3 and July 4).
 The CHANNING Bookstore is open Tues–Sat 10–4 

Please note: ONLY cash or checks for purchases at Central; credit/debit cards accepted at Channing.

 The CENTRAL LIBRARY BOOKSTORE

The Friends Bookstore at the Central Library is just to the right as you enter. We have 2 sale tables, and both will be overflowing during the coming weeks.

Central Library Bookstore Sales

July 1-2: 250^th Birthday. In this short sale, we’ll feature history books, biographies, and related material that focus on the American Revolution and formation of the United States of America.

The Library and the Bookstore are closed on July 3 and 4.

July 6-31: Children’s books! It’s more than a moment, it’s an explosion. This genre includes board books, picture books, early readers, series books for all levels, graphic novels, teen fiction, and young adult. All in the 50 cent to $1 range. We promise we won’t run out.

The CHANNING BOOKSTORE

The Channing Way Bookstore is located at 2433 Channing on the ground floor of the Telegraph-Channing garage. Our “Free Books” carts are stocked daily with books that we cannot sell, but are free for you to take and enjoy, or to refill your Little Free Library! The carts are currently available during all open hours and are located outside the store by the front entrance. Park in the parking structure: first hour is $1, or, use one of the pedestrian entrances on Channing Way or Durant Avenue (note: the latter is not wheelchair accessible).

Channing Bookstore Sales

Summer Reading! What does it mean to you? Will you challenge yourself with a new author, a new genre, something in translation? Or no literary pressure? Lite fiction? Beach reads? Guilty pleasure mysteries or romance? Total trash? Whatever, your desire is safe with us – and at our prices your purchase is downright cheap and you won’t regret leaving the book on the airplane, in the sand, or at the rental. Sticky, water-logged, wine-stained, ah, no problem! The sale table will be stocked at Channing starting Tuesday, June 30. Enjoy!

AT BOTH STORES……

• Heavy-duty Tote Bags $5 • Ephemera (pamphlets, booklets, etc.) • Postcards (25¢) • Multi-disk CDs • Comics (and graphic novels) for kids and adults • Greeting cards 25¢ • Maps (old and new) • Friends of the Library T-Shirts: adult sizes $20; child sizes $15.

Friends Channing Bookstore
Tuesday-Saturday 10-4
2433 Channing Way, Berkeley 94704
510-841-5604

Friends Central Library Store (on the first floor of the Central Library)
Monday 12-4, Tuesday-Saturday 10-4
2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley 94704
510-981-6211