Used media sale: Bookstock at Laurel Park Place (Livonia, MI), April 23-30

Before last year, I had never even heard of Bookstock - however, it's been going on for quite a number of years now, and it's back this year at Laurel Park Place.

Last year I wrote a post about it, which you can find here, and the post ended up being one of my most popular posts on the website! {I guess you guys like a deal, which I definitely agree with!}

This week, I was able to catch up with fellow bloggers at the WDIV Channel 4 studio in Detroit, and learn more about this year's event. I'm hoping to actually attend this year, as well - last year I was out of town during it. I have my eye on some of those $1 - $3 books!

About the event:
Bookstock’s back, offering incredible deals on used books and media Sunday, April 23 through Sunday, April 30 at Livonia’s Laurel Park Place.

Bargains abound at Bookstock, metro Detroit’s biggest and best used book and media sale, where proceeds benefit literacy and education projects in metropolitan Detroit. Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley and Detroit News columnist Neal Rubin are Honorary Co-Chairs of Bookstock and the Mike Morse Law Firm is Bookstock’s 2017 Presenting Sponsor.

Bookstock’s Pre-Sale will kick-off on Sunday, April 23 at 8:15 a.m. with a performance by Livonia’s Churchill High School Drumline. 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 200,000 donated used books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, magazines and records for sale at bargain basement prices. The sale will continue through Sunday, April 30, running Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 9p.m.

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

• Monday Madness – Monday, April 24: 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 25: 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 Community District who write the best essays entitled, “My Favorite Book Character…and Why.” A WDIV TV personality, will present the awards live,and cash prizes will be given to five students, their teachers and their schools.
• Cookstock – Wednesday, April 26: Bookstock will feature the area’s largest collection of gently used cookbooks, and local TV celebrities Tati Amare (WDIV- 4), Carolyn Clifford (WXYZ-7) and Sherry Margolis (Fox 2) will announce the winners of the first Cookstock Recipe Contest at 5 .pm. at Bookstock, the first recipe contest to benefit literacy in Michigan!
• Bookbuster Special Days – Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28: 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: 
• 4 tickets to a Red Wings game in the new Little Caesars Arena
• A piece of the Palace floor signed by Pistons Bad Boy Bill Laimbeer
• A two night stay and two rounds of Golf for two people at Treetops Resort in Gaylord
• Half Price Finale, Sunday, April 30: All books and media will be sold for half price!

Other things you should know:

• You can find some books for $1, and children's books for 50 cents - great time to stock up if you have little ones. 
• People come from all over the state, and even from surrounding areas (Toledo, etc.) to attend Bookstock!
• **Books are refreshed every day - ie, Bookstock isn't an "early bird gets the worm" scenario. Bookstock starts fresh every year with their stock, too.
• Cookbooks start at only $3!
• Some of the contests are spectacular - on Wednesday, one person will get the chance to cook at Grey Ghost (Detroit), and 2nd place is a convectioners oven. On Monday, one person will win an overnight trip at the Marriott Laurel Park Place, too. 
• Bookstock has more than just books and cookbooks! You can also find DVDs (usually $4), vinyl records ($3), and even audiobooks and sheet music.
• Credit cards ARE accepted, but with a minimum $10 purchase. 
• Bookstock goes from one end of Laurel Park Place to the other! Ie, it takes over the WHOLE mall during its stay there. 
• Bookstock has 700-800 unpaid volunteers, and the money that the volunteers would have been paid goes to charities - usually an equivalent of $16/hour. Because of this, Bookstock has donated $1.7 million back to the community so far!

Bookstock is brought to the community by the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC, 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 bookstockmi.org. Laurel Park Place is located on 6 Mile Road east of I-275 in Livonia.

Have you been to Bookstock before? If so, what was the best bargain you found?