tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247551463828721352012-01-18T14:24:30.346-08:00...Detailing the operations and activities of the Friends of Fullerton Public Library. ...Presenting information on their Used Book Store and Library. ...Providing tid-bits of information for the bibliophile.MLnoreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624755146382872135.post-71256112463632473252012-01-11T15:01:00.000-08:002012-01-11T15:01:03.397-08:00

The statistics on this blog say there have been 428 views of this site this past month. Today 15 have viewed it.  I bet those of you who are persistent viewers are wondering:      When is the  next Friends of the Fullerton Public Library used book sale?      The next USED BOOK SALE - - - MARCH 9, 10, and 11. It has been too long since I last posted.  I was going to read our guest author's book

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Victoria Patterson       The Friends of Fullerton Public Library are holding their Annual Members Meeting and Author's Tea on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 2 o'clock in the Library's New Conference Center at 353 W. Commonwealth Ave. Fullerton, CAThe public is invited.  Our guest author, Victoria Patterson is inspired by Edith Wharton's, House of Mirth. http://threeguysonebook.com/

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Friends of the Fullerton Public Library and the interested public are welcome to attend the Annual Meeting and Author's TEa. Please come out for a short business meeting and hear our guest author, Victoria Patterson speak on her books DRIFT and THIS VACANT PARADISE.

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Old Printing Press Used book buyers such as your self may be interested in this old 1947 film from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films entitled Making Books. It is from the Internet Archilve a vast site that if you have not visited yet here is a bit of information about it:  The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering

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If you haven't visited our used book store in the newly renovated Fullerton Public Library  yet, then you should. It is all so nice and fresh and beautiful like the whole addition is. You won't want to miss out on all the great used book that are available for your purchase at such great prices. Not only is there a nice selection  of children's, fiction and nonfiction on variety of topics there

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How times flies! Summer was here and now it's gone but  the Friends of the Fullerton Public Library were as busy as ever.  The last post to this blog was encouraging you all to come out to the 7-Day Moving or Clearance Sale in August.  With the completion of the Library expansion and renovation and the opening of our brand new bookstore with in the Library we were clearing out and shutting down

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    Now that the Friends of Fullerton Public Library have moved their core operation back to the newly renovated and expanded library and are selling used books on a regular weekly schedule in the brand new storein the library; we are cleaning up the green house and getting ready to close the door there for good. But before we hand over the keys to the landlord we are having a HUGE MOVING SALE

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What a great day for Fullerton July 23 was! The beautiful sunny day enhanced the newly hung banners encouraging us all to “REDISCOVER” and to RECONNECT to Fullerton Public Library. Arriving at the library about two, I found a place to park on a nearby side street. Cutting through the parking in my haste to get into the newly renovated and expanded Library I asked Khurshed, a young man, who was

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The Friends  bookstore is now partially stocked and waiting for the Library's big grand opening.  The store space is bigger than we thought it would be. There are shelves all around the room and two aisles of shelves.  Book donations are coming in daily.  The bookstore is on the main floor of the library.  Store hours to be announced here soon.  Please remember our store in the green house on the

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Just a day away, the big huge used book sale.  Don't miss it, it's this weekend. And special hours...open until 7 o'clock on Friday. Scroll down for more details. Oh, and the library, the newly renovated expansion will be opening July 23 and with it a new first for Friends of the Library ....a used bookstore within the library. We Friends can't wait.  We certainly hope all of you will come by

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The Friends of Fullerton Public Library have some special collection materials they are offering for sale.  Anyone interested in acquiring Barrons Index or Commercial and Financial Chronicles or the National Stock Summary should contact Mary Collier at 714-337-1944 to make an appointment to see these special collection items.  Because of the bulky nature of these items they will not be available

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After many long months of expansion and renovation the library will reopen on July 23. And along with the library's grand reopening will be the opening  of the Friends Used Bookstore. Although we have been selling donated used books for 50 years we have never had a store in the library before. We are all so excited!  Many of you have been visiting our used bookstore in the green building on the

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Don’t miss our up-coming sale, Friday-Sunday, July 8-10 in the auditorium of the library. The remodeled and expanded library will not be open yet, but the Friends of the Library will still have their used book sale in the usual place and manner. For the first time the sale hours will be extended a bit so you can come out after work on Friday to shop. Sale hours are: Friday, July 8 . . . 12:00— 7

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Notice our slight change in hours for this sale. Instead of  the usual Friday morning hours we will be selling Friday from 12:00 until 7:00. If you have never come to one of our sales you will want to come and especially to this one. We have ever so many donated books to sell. The reading public in the City of Fullerton is so generous with its used book donations.  We have whole home library's

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    The Swinertons Builders' sign indicates that the library isstill under construction    This has been in the draft stage for several weeks: so its old news.  But if you want to see the progress in the library expansion read the next post which will appear above this one. New more current pictures will be posted soon.     Here are a few pictures of what's where the

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Friends of the Library Support The Chamber of Commerce Award      How delighted we the Friends of Fullerton Public Library would be if we learned that FPL had received the Chamber of Commerce Quality of Life Award. It would be so satisfying to know that the library we work so hard to support is noted for its impact on the quality of life in the City of Fullerton. We most certainly know how

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It has been a busy two months for the Friends of the Library with four days of store operation and a January Sale and a February Sale. Thank you all so much for coming out and supporting us as you have.  Your donations are so very much appreciated.  And Thank You Shoppers! We know you got some great titles at rock bottom prices. And we have some funds to contribute to the library. We have to

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Such interesting and unique books having been coming into the Friends Store and so many more still will be available at this weekend's huge used book sale. Even though the library has transferred most of its service and collection to the Hunt Branch and only  Children's and Young Adult materials are available at the Main Library we will still have the sale just about as usual in the community

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 Don Reimann, retired instructor of Philosophy, World Religions and English Literature at Fullerton College has donated his entire collection to the Friends of the Fullerton Public Library. Come this week to the Friends' Used Book Store on the corner of Commonwealth and Short Street, if you are interest in these subjects or care to buy from  this college professor's collection. Remaining books

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Fullerton Public Library remains under construction, most of the library is temporarily closed, and major changes in service have occured since the first of the year.  But despite the relocation of major sections of the library's  collection to the Hunt Branch the Friends of the Library will continue on with their scheduled book sale for Friday, January 28, Saturday, January 29 and Sunday,

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Fullerton Friends of the Library Used Books Store will start business off for the new year Monday morning January 3, 2011 at 10:00. The store front we rent on the corner of Commonwealth and Short Street across the street from the library now has two large second story level signs that read Book Store. You can't miss the store now.  We sure hope that if you have not yet visited our place that you

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The Friends of Fullerton Library are always so appreciative of all of you who so generously donate your used books.  We would not be able to raise money for the library if it were not for all the books that you people give so we can sell your old books to others.  At this time of year with all the cleaning up, and reorganizing of the home to make way for the Christmas tree many a family is 

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Before I post another blurb about another used book sale just let me give a bit of useful bibliophilic information. In talking with some of you in either the  bookstore or the library, I have mentioned LibraryThing.com.  Well here is the link and here is why I find it such a useful tool for keeping track of all the wonderful books I am buying from the Friends of the Fullerton Public Library Used

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If you were a would-be writer you would have loved hearing our guest author, Jeri Westerson, speak at our Annual Meeting and Tea.  She was very enthusiastic in sharing the details of background and research in  writing her medieval noir series.  Especially intriguing was the story she told regarding what she did to find out what it was really like to  stab a body with a sword. Suffice it to say

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The Friends Used Book Store will be closed the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 26 and 27. The Friends are so very thankful for all of you in the community who have supported our operations with your donations and purchases.

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   All Friends of Fullerton Library and others interested are invited to attend our annual meeting and tea. It is to be held in the Osborne Auditorium, the community room at the library. Fullerton Public Library 353 W. Commonwealth Fullerton, CA 92832      It has been said that our guest author, Jeri Westerson is a very entertaining speaker that you won't want to miss.     Please join us

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Annual Members' Meeting and Tea Invitation -- Pleas come. It has been I while since my last post.  But now that the Fall Sale is over and the Newsletter is completed it is time to write again.  When I took our Newsletter to the printer's it was with an order to print 900.  That means that we Friends of the Fullerton Library are close in number to 900 and growing .  If you are not yet a Friend

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 Friend,  Bob Padrick, lends a hand on behalf of the library.  "Book Smart" was the title of the article from which this Los Angles Times, Our Times column, "Slice of of Life" by Thuy-Doan Le was taken. Dated July 24, 2000 it shows Joyce Sulivan serving as book sale co-chairwoman and Friend of the Library volunteer Bob Padrick packing up books for the Library Bookmobile Sale which

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So many have walked by our book store and peeped into the windows and wondered:     Is this all there is to the store, just this one small room? Well rumor has it that soon the other store front room will be open to the public. We don't know when but it will be coming soon.  Don't forget our Not-To-Be-Missed Booksale is just around the corner.

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Edward Lear,  author of the beloved poem, "The Owl and the Pussy Cat," is the illustraor of this obsurdly bookish cartoon. With the start of a new month, preparations are being  made for the next used book sale.  This time we will be back to our usual modus operandi with the sale being held in the community room of the Library for our typical three day period with all the special bargain

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In her blog entitled Studio Window, Margaret Davaz, who used to work in children's services; but who has long since moved on to Idaho, recalls with pleasure time spent working at FPL. Even though she is out of state she keeps up with the goings-on of the Library and its Friends. Margaret, a.k.a. CameoRoze, maintains an extensive blog and and writes on a variety of interesting topics.  Her former 

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Follow this  link to  the OC REGISTER to view a nice inside shot of our book store.  Included in the picture are  store co-manager, Irene Buddie, and retired children's service librarian, Kathy Dasney.

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Co-store manager, Joyce and Friends' Vice President, Marie are rejoicing over book store sales.  We don't have the stock of Walmart nor the high prices of Nordstrum but we are a nice little used book shop and these ladies as well as all of us are so happy that customers have discovered our store on the corner of Short and Commonwealth in Fullerton, CA.  We Friends volunteer our time to benefit

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A former library employee came by the store and was delighted to find a great book at a great price as well as a seat in the cool shade to begin reading. The way shoppers have been coming into our store and buying up the books makes us Friends have to replenish the stock all the more frequently. So if you have already found our store please come back.  We have more books out. Still you may find a

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This little boy who recently visited our book store was amazed  to find so many interesting books to buy. His grandmother bought  him a nice boxed set of board books; 12 books for only $3.00.  These small books with sturdy cardbook pages meant for baby hands had seen some use but with some gentle cleaning they were as good as new.  Baby wipes and an emory board were the safe and efficient

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Old style basket still popular today and very useful to bring to our store when shopping for used books. Why buy old books? Some people like new things but some people like old things. At our used bookstore we sell gently used books some of which have only been recently published  such as current best sellers. Other books which have just been placed on our store shelves may have sat on someone

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The picture of the stack of books on the right is from : How Google Counted The World’s 129 Million BooksBy Mark Brown, Wired.co.uk August 7, 2010 9:49 pm Follow the LINK  to read the whole article. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/how-google-counted-the-world%E2%80%99s-129-million-books/

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We Friends of the Library hope you will make time to visit our used book store soon. It has been a busy few weeks for us.  We opened the store July 19 and then we did an abbreviated version of our usual book sale  this past week end.  We are glad our usual shoppers followed us across the street from the Library. And it was so great that some of you who are new to our sales discovered us for the

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After much preparation and anticipation we finally opened the front door to our customers.  Monday July 19 was opening day and we had a nice steady stream of browsers and buyers at 401 W. Commonwealth in Fullerton.  Although the Friends of the Fullerton Public Library have been in operation for decades conducting huge used book sales several times a year this was our very first day of having a

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If you are a Friend of the Fullerton Library you would have already had received the June newsletter. For those of you who are not yet Friends of the Library here is a synopsis along with a correction or two. PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE Our co-presidents Jo  and Doris wrote an article mentioning the library expansion and how when it is completed the Friends will have a bookstore in the new addition.

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The books are stacking up as we get ready for the July sales. The Friends are so appreciative of all the membership and library users who have donated books.  Your generosity make our sales possible and may well  improve the literacy level of the community. Also donations are tax deductable. Don't forget the Used Book Store opens July 19.  Hours of operation will be 10:00 until 4:00 on Mondays,

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MAP OF LIBRARY Click on "Map of Library" directly above to view the library and the surrounding area.  The Senior Center is the Building in Amerige Park. The Friends' Store is in what on this map is labeled as Diamond Trophy and Engraving.

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Friends of Fullerton Public Library will be conducting a large book sale the last weekend in July, the 31st and the 1st of August, at the Senior Center across the street from the Library. As always proceeds will benefit the library and its programs. Hours of Sale Saturday, July 3110:00--4:00Sunday, August 11:00--4:00 .

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FRIENDS OF FPL  USED BOOK STORE 401 W. Commonwealth Fullerton, CA 92832GREEN BUILDINGNW Corner of Commonwealth and Short Street (directly across the street from the west side of the library) HOURS OF OPERATION Mon. Wed. Fri. 10:00 -- 2:00 Opening DateJuly 19, 2010

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Watch for the details on the soon-to-be-announced Friends of the Library Book Sale. There will be some changes and you don't want to miss this one--so stay tuned.GB

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    There are so many books for sale at our used book store that we Friends organize them into categories.  We have children's books, cookbooks, art, travel,  business, biography, fiction, film, history, poetry and many other categories.     Soon pictures of groups of books and lists of categories as well as titles when there are multiple copies will be posted on this site.  The Friends' store

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     The Friends are working on setting up and organizing a used bookstore on the corner of Commonwealth and Short Street in the green building directly across from the west side of the library. Our book store has shelves all set up ready and waiting for the books. So many books have been donated! It will be so great once the books are displayed on the shelves in an organized manner and ready for

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The purpose of Fullerton Friends is to support the Fullerton Public Library. The Friends raise money for the library through membership and sale of used books.

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