book sale

Discounted volumes event

A book sale is an event where books are sold, typically at reduced prices.

Libraries, schools, and charities hold book sales to raise funds or clear inventory.

The term also refers to commercial sales at bookstores: The annual library book sale draws crowds of bargain hunters.

A book sale can also mean the sale of a single book: Her agent negotiated the book sale to a major publisher.

Opposites
transaction type

book salebook lending

Loaning out reading material

book donation · lending library · book swap · interlibrary loan · bookmobile

direction of book flow

book salebook buying

Obtaining texts for payment

book collecting

book preservation vs. disposal

book salebook collection

Accumulated reading materials owned

book restoration

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G