Big deals at this year’s Whale of a Book Sale

This year’s fall Whale of a Used Book Sale was a huge success, organizers said. Thousands of people shopped for books and other media at the sale, a benefit for the Jefferson County Library Foundation, which took place Oct. 23-25 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

By the numbers

3,363–boxes of books458–volunteer shifts worked269–shoppers who entered during the first five minutes of Sunday’s bag day sale238–Friends of Jefferson County Public Library who attended the preview night on Oct. 2224–dozens of cookies provided to volunteers