<div dir="ltr">We tried BWB, but didn't make enough money to bother with it. We're a very small library. I didn't send junkie stuff, and was surprised at how little sold. We're doing better selling through Powell's, but they require like-new books. Still, their process is very easy.<div>
<br></div><div>Valerie Hauser<br>Jefferson Public Library</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Megan Dugan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Megan.Dugan@mhcc.edu" target="_blank">Megan.Dugan@mhcc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I agree with everything Abbie said below. We have also used BWB at Mt. Hood for our discards for over a year. They have several charitable donations to choose
from which our staff thought was a benefit (we voted). We are not in it for the money but the convenience and ease of use. Last year, MHCC conducted a massive weed of our collection for the first time in many years and would not have been able to without BWB.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Mt. Hood Community College<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Abbie Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 05, 2014 6:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:neichste@pdx.edu" target="_blank">neichste@pdx.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Fwd: Better World Books<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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 href="http://ow.ly/oY4Qh" target="_blank">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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Abbie Anderson<u></u><u></u></p>
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neichste@pdx.edu</a> Thanks- Ruth<u></u><u></u></p>
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Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:54 AM<br>
Subject: Better World Books<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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