Plan Your Book Sale Visit

Parking at the Fairgrounds is free and open on a first come, first served basis.

Vehicles in no parking zones are subject to tow.

You may “rent” a hand truck/dolly with the personal collateral of your stated ID card. You can use the dolly to help you transport items from the Oklahoma Expo Building to the curb to load your vehicle.

As a reminder, vehicles in no parking zones are subject to tow.

Strollers, chairs, wagons with wheels – as long as people or service animals occupying them – are allowed.

We prefer that you bring a tote bag for carrying your purchases through the sale. Should you bring a cart, boxes on wheels, or a suitcase, we ask that the item is not any larger than another imaginary human beside you. Please do not open the suitcase, unload carts, or play “book Tetris” in the aisles. 

Items are sorted into two rooms, each with its own entrance and exit to the lobby of the Oklahoma Expo Building.

The Better Books Room is a smaller room on the south end of the building. The books in this room are usually in better condition. This room also has sheet music, puzzles, games, and more of the older or collectible items we have for sale. All items in the Better Books Room are individually priced.

The General Room is the bigger room on the north end of the building. This room has our largest paperback selection along with audio/visual items. Items in this room are priced based on the item type.

Items in both the Better Books Room and General Room are sorted by genre. Please visit the Information Booth for the balloon legend that indicates the color-coded balloons over the tables to identify where specific categories can be found.

Our motivated Sort Site volunteers process a minimum of 500,000 items year-round and therefore we are unable to store and display items alphabetically by author or title.

You must pay for all items in each room before leaving that room.

We accept all forms of credit and debit cards as well as cash. While the Friends of the Metropolitan Library System is a 501c3 nonprofit, we are also a licensed used book reseller in Oklahoma City and will collect sales tax at the point of sale as required by state and city law. You can also choose to round up your purchase total to donate to the Friends, just tell your volunteer cashier to “Round Me Up!”

In each checkout line there is a point of no return where shoppers must have items that they intend to purchase tallied before continuing. This helps the lines move faster! If there are items you do not want to purchase, please return them to the appropriate area or place them in the appropriate area.

If you are looking to purchase 100 or more items, please refer to the guidelines below on how to checkout.

We will hold your purchased items from either room in the Lobby Holding area. We will hold these items under your name until the end of the sale. 

If items are not claimed, we will attempt to contact you using the information you provided when you placed the items in holding. If items are unclaimed 30 days past the end of our sale they will be returned to our inventory.

We will hold unpaid items in the General Holding area inside the General Room until the close of the sale each day. You can store your “to be purchased” items under your name and then re-evaluate your total purchase before heading to check out.

If you have more than 100 items, please see our Large Volume Buyer information below.

At the close of the Book Sale each day, any unclaimed items will be returned to the tables.

There is no General Holding area inside the Better Books Room.