Friends of the Selby Public Library Bookstore

Bookstore staff

Bookstore

Gifts available at the bookstore

Book display

Book display with Kermit

Bookstore

Friends of the Selby Public Library Bookstore offers high quality gently read used books at low prices.  The store is staffed by dedicated and friendly volunteers.  Discover this hidden treasure inside the Selby Public Library at 1331 First Street, Sarasota. 

Find thousands of jewels for the mind and soul from 25 cents and up.  Be dazzled by gems of hardcover, paperback and collectible books in all genres:  fiction, biographies, mysteries, travel, art, history, science, health, religion, gardening, self-help, cooking, children's, large print, coffee table books, current year's magazines--and much more!  Interior designers can find sparkling accents for home libraries.  Peruse our everyday specials!

Friends Bookstore Introduces Gifts for Sale

Check out our new selection of gifts and reading-related merchandise. Be sure to flip through the basket of blank greeting cards with a variety of sentiments on removable bookmarks. It's a great way to send a card with a message that lasts and lasts. Always searching for your reading glasses? Attach them to one of the colorful beaded necklaces with a loop holder. Once you've found the glasses, give them a cleaning with a micro-cloth, also good for cleaning CDs, camera lenses and computer screens. If you're hooked on Sudoku and planning a trip, bring along our magnetic 5" X 5" game.  Need a gift for that big birthday or family reunion?  Check out our gilded, hand-painted library photo albums that store up to one hundred 4" X 6" photos. Of course, if you are just visiting Sarasota, how about a Friends of the Selby Public Library nail file souvenir?

The Bookstore also has an array of attractive eyeglass cases, bookmarks and magnifying glasses. All of the items are reasonably priced with the majority under ten dollars. Naturally, all proceeds go toward library programs and making the Selby Public Library better and better.

Donate your used books.  Friends can arrange for a courier to pick up your cartons of books.  Donations are tax deductible.  All proceeds benefit Selby Public Library, its programs--and the community.

Hours are 10 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Mon,-Thurs.; Fri. & Sat. 9:00 A.M.- 4:30 P.M.; Sun. 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P. M.
For further information call:  941.365.5228

Friends Bookstore offers a sensational array of books in all genres at amazingly low prices.

We now accept debit cards in addition to Visa and MasterCard credit cards.

Volunteer @ The Bookstore OR Library

Below you will find links to he volunteer forms in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these forms, if you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader click here.

Please download both:

Once you have downloaded the form and completed it mail it to: PO Box 2255, Sarasota, FL 34230 or drop it off in our office at Selby Public Library.

Once we receive the completed form the Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch with you to schedule you for an Orientation Program.