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Book sale brings hundreds to Rowan County library
By Hugh Fisher
hfisher@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — For publication lovers, Christmas shopping started Saturday.
Extended before “Black Friday,” they were lined up facing the Rowan Public Library’s primary branch downtown for the opening of the annual soft-cover sale.
Some of them asked Patricia B. Beck, who helps run the bargain-priced, to open the doors early because of the cold.
The lines bearing, Beck said, because the sale is one of the best chances to find books on any cause to undergo, and very inexpensively to boot.
The sale continues from 1 to 4 p.m. today, with all books at half-price.
And Monday, the residual books will be sold off by the bag — $2 for a supple bag, $4 for a paper bag.
The crowds stayed pudgy throughout the day Saturday, and Beck said she expected that to be the lawsuit today.
“And we usually have to run ’em out (at the end of the day) on Monday,” Beck said.
The books are almost all donated by neighbourhood pub residents, with a few that were withdrawn from the Rowan Public Library shelves.
