Metro Detroit's Biggest & Best Used Book Sale Where Bargains Abound!

DETROIT, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bookstock's back, offering incredible deals on used books and media Sunday, April 26 through Sunday, May 3 at Livonia's Laurel Park Place. Bargains abound at Bookstock, metro Detroit's biggest and best used book and media sale, where all proceeds benefit literacy and education projects in metropolitan Detroit. Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley and Detroit News columnist Neal Rubin are Honorary Chairs of Bookstock.

Bookstock's Pre-Sale will kick-off on Sunday, April 26 at 8:15 a.m. with a performance by an ensemble from the DSO Youth Orchestra. There is a $20 admission charge for the Pre-Sale only, which runs through 11 a.m. and offers savvy shoppers and collectors first crack at Bookstock's treasure trove of bargains. Bookstock has over 100,000 donated used books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, magazines and records for sale at bargain basement prices. The sale will continue through Sunday, May 3, running Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Monday through Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Gardner-White Furniture is the Bookstock 2015 Presenting Sponsor.

This year, Bookstock will feature five days of special sales:

• Monday Madness – Monday, April 27 The first 1,000 shoppers will receive spectacular giveaways and one lucky shopper will receive a $500 Visa gift card.
• Teacher Appreciation Day – Tuesday, April 28 Bookstock is celebrating teachers by giving 50% off to all teachers with a valid ID, from 3–9 p.m. At 5 p.m. the Bookstock  B.E.S.T.* Awards, (Bookstock Extraordinary Student/School/Teacher)will be presented to fourth grade students from Detroit Public Schools who write the best essays entitled "My Favorite Book Character…and Why." Awards will be presented by a WDIV personality, and cash prizes will be given to five students, their teachers and their schools.
• Bookbuster Special Days – Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30 Buy three books and get the fourth book *free (*least expensive item) from 3 – 9 p.m. Spend $25 or more either night and be entered in a special drawing for a shoe signed by Pistons center Andre Drummond, and a special gift package – including a lesson – from Bowling Hall of Famer Aleta Sill, and instructional books by three-time champ Michelle Mullen.
• Bookbuster Sports Night – Thursday, April 30 Spend $25 or more from 3 - 9 pm, and get a free copy of "Century of Champions" by Nick Costanika and the Detroit Free Press Sports staff.
• Half Price Finale, Sunday, May 3 – All remaining books and media will be sold for half price!

Marking 13 years of supporting the need to read, Bookstock has generated over one million dollars for literacy and education projects throughout Oakland County and Detroit.  More than 800 volunteers work together throughout the year to organize and staff the weeklong Bookstock sale. Bookstock established the Bookstock Scholar Awards, in partnership with Wallside Windows and Gardner–White Furniture, given to outstanding students at Wayne State University's School of Library Science and Information Technology. The Bookstock Fund, launched in 2012, provided 19 micro grants to Detroit Public School teachers for education and literacy projects. 

Bookstock is brought to the community by the Jewish Community Relations Council, and a consortium of non-profit organizations that support education and literacy projects throughout metro Detroit. For more information about Bookstook, call the Bookstock hotline (248) 645-7840, ext. 365 or visit bookstock.info.

Laurel Park Place is located on 6 Mile Road east of I-275 in Livonia.

SOURCE Bookstock

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