The Book Thing will be gearing up for the opening with a preview tour of the space held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, and has put out a call for volunteers on Facebook to help assemble bookcases, shelve and organize books, and make donations for tools and supplies between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. from Wednesday to Friday. They are not accepting books before the opening, according to the post.