Friends Bookshop
Buy in the Library
The Friends Bookshop, located in the Downtown and Sunset Chandler Libraries, features hardback and paperback books for everyday low prices and special sales throughout the year.
Two for Tuesday – all books 50% off every Tuesday
Clearance Sale – all books 75% off on select dates at the Sunset and Downtown Libraries.
- Jan. 8-13, 2025
- Feb. 19-24, 2025
- April 23-28, 2025
- July 16-21, 2025
- Sept. 3-8, 2025
- Nov. 5-10, 2025
Pop-up Sales – When the Friends feature special collections, priced as marked.
- Feb. 5-18, 2025: Movies, Music, and More
- March 12-25, 2025: Children’s Books
- May 28 - June 10, 2025: Children’s Books
- Aug. 6-12, 2025: TV Series Sale (Downtown location only)
- Aug. 13-26, 2025: Movies, Music, and More
- Oct. 15-28, 2025: Vintage Books
- Nov. 29, 2025: Shop Local Saturday
- Dec. 3-16, 2025: Holiday and Children’s Books
Book Donations
Following in the historical footsteps of the initial library collection, Friends of Chandler Public Library relies on book and media donations from the community. These donations become part of a very important fundraising effort in the form of used book sales.
Books, DVDs/Blu-ray, CDs, and Vinyl can be donated at any of the four Chandler Library locations, anytime the Library is open.
Please view our donation guidelines.
We accept:
- Adult and children’s hardback and paperback books
- Audio CDs
- DVDs
- Blu-ray Discs
- Current issues (within the past 12 months) of popular magazines
- Video Games
We do not accept:
- Water-damaged, mildewed, musty, strong-smelling, or soiled books
- Damaged books (torn/loose pages, broken spines, missing pages/covers, etc.) needing repair
- Scratched/unplayable CDs or DVDs
- Readers Digest Condensed Books
- National Geographic magazine
- Computer software
- Cassette tapes
- Videotapes
- Loose CDs, DVDs, etc. without their original cases
- Home-recorded (aka burned) CDs, DVDs, etc.
- Non-book or media items (e.g. toys, calendars, cards, puzzles, etc.)
Book donations are tax deductible. Receipts for tax purposes are available.
Please bring donations inside any library location during regular open hours. If you have several boxes of items, please ask the clerk in the lobby about the use of a book cart.
Buy Online
Not able to make it to the library for one of our booksales? Support Chandler Public Library by purchasing used books on Amazon. You can also help support the library by shopping at our Ebay shop. Click the buttons below to begin shopping.
