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We've been using Better World Books at North Bend Public Library for
about a year and a half now. It has been a huge benefit for us. You
won't make much money from the 15% commission, but they provide you
with boxes and UPS labels (which you print out), and they pay for
UPS shipping. You just have to be able to box up the materials and
get online to print the labels and schedule the pick-up. Knowing
that the books will be used well (they will be sold to eager readers
worldwide, or used in literacy programs worldwide, or recycled) is a
big bonus. You can also apply to them for grants for your own local
literacy projects.<br>
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Access to BWB helped us recruit and organize volunteers to sort our
book donations year round. The volunteers were inspired to help the
library earn more money by skimming off the best quality items,
checking their value, and selling them online directly through an
Amazon Storefront for the Friends (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ow.ly/oY4Qh">http://ow.ly/oY4Qh</a>). The
organized sorting effort also improved the quality of books on our
Friends' "Neverending" Sale shelves, *and* improved the books and
the organization of the books for the Friends' big local sales. We
have seen revenue from the Neverending sale go up to a steady
$250+/month, and online sales are also about $300/month. For us,
that's a lot!<br>
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I have heard that a PDX-area library's Friends have been using BWB
to great success-was it Beaverton?<br>
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I know a lot of libraries use BWB for their discards--books that the
Friends usually aren't going to want for their sales.<br>
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One caveat: having also bought books from BWB on Amazon, I can say
as a customer that I don't like their packaging. They use this weird
shrink-wrap stuff for single-book orders, which clings to the book
cover. The book I most recently got from them was fine, thanks to
the mylar cover on the ex-library book I purchased, but I can see
this stuff causing damage, or allowing damage in transit.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Abbie Anderson<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/04/2014 08:04 PM, Ruth Murray
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<div dir="ltr">Can anyone help my friend? Her email is <span
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nancy Eichsteadt</b> <span
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Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:54 AM<br>
Subject: Better World Books<br>
To: Ruth Murray <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Ruth,
<div>I'm recovering from our big book sale this weekend.
We ended up with lots of leftovers that should have gone
to a buyer who backed out at the last minute. I'm
looking online at "Better World Books." I realize they
are a for-profit organization that supposedly helps with
literacy issues world-wide. What does the library
community think of this group? </div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
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Marketing and outreach<br>
Graduate School of Education<br>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Executive
Council Member, PSU-AAUP<br>
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Portland State University GSE<br>
Library Media Advisor/Instructor<br>
503 725- 9860<br>
Office- Education 310B<br>
Hours- Tuesday and Thursday by appointment<br>
PO Box 751<br>
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