New signs will stand in place to guide people through a record number of books at the Michael Egan Memorial Rotary/ Lifeline Book Fair on May 3 and 4.

They will direct the crowd to the wide range of genres available in a collection of about 15,000 items for sale at St Brigid's Church Hall.

Proceeds from the book fair, which honours the memory of Dubbo accountant, Rotarian and avid reader Michael Egan who died aged 49 in 2007, will benefit three charitable organisations.

Now in its fifth year the event has already raised almost $30,000 and community groups have provided strong support to make the 2014 book fair bigger and better than ever.

The Dubbo Men's Shed yesterday presented six stands welded and constructed to hold book category signs, a big help to fair organisers and a "straightforward" job for shed member John Page, a fitter for 50 years.

Dubbo business Aztec Signs supplied the corflute category signs as well as banners and other promotional material, a role business owner Chris Newby said they were happy to continue as the book fair grew. IGA West Dubbo, Dubbo City Council and St Brigid's Parish had also made contributions, providing shopping bags, event listing and the venue respectively.

All proceeds are split in half between the Rotary Club of Dubbo Macquarie and Lifeline Central West, who joined forces two years ago.

The club's share is split equally between the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Dubbo and the Bill Walsh Cancer Research Centre at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, where Mr Egan was treated in his final days.