{"id":268,"date":"2013-01-10T08:24:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obelix.lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:59:13","slug":"hku-libraries-used-book-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"HKU Libraries Used Book Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We are pleased to announce that the Libraries is going to hold a Used Book Sale on <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\">Monday, 21 January 2013<\/span><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Books for sale are duplicates donated by our supporters or withdrawn copies from the library collection. Books from various subjects, both in Chinese and English, are priced at HK$20 and up. Also available is a selection of fiction for leisure reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Putting the duplicates and withdrawn copies on sale not only promotes reading by allowing the public to get the books they need at a good price, but also fully utilises these materials. Proceeds from the sale will contribute towards the purchase of new books, library materials, programmes or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Details:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Date:<br \/>\nMonday, 21 January 2013 (10:00 am \u2013 7:00 pm)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #333333;\">Venue:<br \/>\nMulti-purpose zone,<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';\"> Level 3<\/span><\/em> Main Library, HKU, Pokfulam Road, HK<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/friends\/booksale\/map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: #333333;\">map<\/span><\/a>: http:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/friends\/booksale\/map.jpg<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Website: http:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/friends\/booksale\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce that the Libraries is going to hold a Used Book Sale on Monday, 21 January 2013. Books for sale are duplicates donated by our supporters or withdrawn copies from the library collection. Books from various subjects, both in Chinese and English, are priced at HK$20 and up. Also available is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions\/2113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}