Friends of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library are preparing to open the Used Book Store April 7 for the usual spring schedule of Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is a desperate need for able bodied volunteers to sort, shelve and sell books. If you are interested in joining this happy group, call “Sam” at 350-6772.

Unfortunately, space constraints force the Friends to request that donations include only gently used books, DVDs, CDs and that all items be in a condition to sell. The Book Store cannot store, display or sell old textbooks, dictionaries or torn, soiled or musty books, all of which must be brought to the dump. Pre-2005 travel guides, atlases or textbooks are also too space consuming and no one has purchased an encyclopedia in years. With a heavy heart, these must also be consigned to the dump.

Some organizations online, Downtown Donations.org, SellUsedBooks.com, Cash4Books.net, purport to accept, even collect, books. If you have a large collection, please consider contacting one of the above organizations.