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Shopping at Basement Bookstore

                                                   Our Prices

Books:  50¢ Magazines: free

Occasionally, we have specialty items (pictures, sets of encyclopedias, large or special books, etc.) with slightly higher prices. 

Basement Bookstore Hours
The Basement Bookstore opens with the library
and closes ten minutes before the library closes.
Monday-Thursday
9am-8pm
Friday-Saturday
9am-5pm
Sunday
1-5pm

 

Your shopping supports the Friends of the Library, which then supports library programs such as

  • Books for Babies

  • Summer Reading Programs

  • Book Discussion Groups

  • Author Visits

  • National Library Week Events

  • Special Programming/Classes for Adults

  • Holiday Children's Parties

  • Equipment & Furniture Purchases for the Library

  • and other programs & classes.

 

 

Library patron Amanda Schaefer writes about "the soft spot in [her] heart for the Rice Lake Library's Basement Book Store" in "Bibliophilia," an article for Volume One, Eau Claire's free semimonthly magazine. (Look at the 4th and 5th paragraphs on page 2.)

 

Donating Books to the Basement Bookstore

Spring (summer, fall, or winter) cleaning?  Sorting your books to make room for new ones?  Downsizing?  Recycling?  Donate your used books to the library!  If they don't go into circulation, they'll go to the Basement Bookstore and help support the library programs listed above. (You may also request a tax-deductible receipt for your donation.)

Location of the Basement Bookstore

The Basement Bookstore is located in the basement of the Rice Lake Public Library (2 East Marshall Street). 

Go down the stairs, take a right into the hallway, enter the large Friendship Room, and then look for our black-and-gold sign (pictured to the left).  If you know where the Bottom Shelf Room is, you've walked through the bookstore!

 

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