Library book sale goes better than expected

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June 12, 2016
Jaylen Price, 10, of Albany shows off one of the books he picked up during the weekend Library Book Sale at the Northwest Branch of the Dougherty County Library System. Library officials surpassed $10,000 in sales during the three-day event. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)
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Dougherty County Library System officials say they sold more than $10,000 worth of books during their three-day book sale.

Seth Turner, a rising fifth-grader from Leesburg, finds a little peace among the chaos of the book sale at the Northwest Branch library in Albany Saturday by reading one of the books he selected. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Rising homeschool senior Malori Perone of Albany stacks her selections in a box at the Northwest library Saturday during the Dougherty Library System’s first book sale in almost a decade. (Staff Photo: Carlton fletcher)

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Through a partnership with the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University and the Georgia Public Library Service, “She Gathers Me: Networks Among Black Women Writers,” now will be available at the Dougherty County Public Library’s Northwest Branch, located at 2507 Dawson Road July 21-Aug. 21.

The Rev. Joe Pollock of Leesburg waits for his ride with a box of books Pollock picked up during the weekend book sale hosted by the Dougherty County Library System. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

David Ford of Sylvester said he spends much of his time reading now that he’s retired. Ford said he came to the weekend book sale at the Northwest Branch library after reading about the event in The Albany Herald. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Matthew Marquard and his wife brought 3-year-old son Nathaniel and Nathaniel’s three siblings to the book sale at the Northwest Branch library over the weekend as a fun family outing. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Readers came early and spent hours this weekend going through the tens of thousands of books available during the Dougherty County Library System’s book sale. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)
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