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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I agree with Leah. We sent 50+ boxes to BWB this summer. There is a time investment so matter what method you choose to process discards. BWB was very easy and I like that there was just one place we were sending our books. We’re done and we’ve made a bit of money. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jan Kelley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Flint Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>New Hope Christian College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eugene, OR 97405<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Leah Griffith<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Valerie Hauser<br><b>Cc:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us; neichste@pdx.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Fwd: Better World Books<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>We like BWB just for the fact we can get rid of boxes and boxes of materials in the easiest fashion we've ever experienced. <br><br>Leah Griffith // Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 12, 2014, at 6:05 PM, "Valerie Hauser" <<a href="mailto:vhauser@ccrls.org">vhauser@ccrls.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Valerie Hauser<br>Jefferson Public Library<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Megan Dugan <<a href="mailto:Megan.Dugan@mhcc.edu" target="_blank">Megan.Dugan@mhcc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Megan</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Megan Dugan<br>Library Manager<br>Mt. Hood Community College<br><a href="tel:503.491.7652" target="_blank">503.491.7652</a><br><a href="mailto:megan.dugan@mhcc.edu" target="_blank">megan.dugan@mhcc.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>] <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</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;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><br>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><br>I have heard that a PDX-area library's Friends have been using BWB to great success-was it Beaverton?<br><br>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><br>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><br>Cheers,<br>Abbie Anderson<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On 08/04/2014 08:04 PM, Ruth Murray wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Can anyone help my friend? Her email is <a href="mailto:neichste@pdx.edu" target="_blank">neichste@pdx.edu</a> Thanks- Ruth<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Nancy Eichsteadt</b> <<a href="mailto:neichste@pdx.edu" target="_blank">neichste@pdx.edu</a>><br>Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:54 AM<br>Subject: Better World Books<br>To: Ruth Murray <<a href="mailto:murrayr@pdx.edu" target="_blank">murrayr@pdx.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Ruth, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Nancy<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://webdev.pdx.edu/media/psu_signature165x35.gif"><o:p></o:p></p><p>Nancy Eichsteadt<br>Marketing and outreach<br>Graduate School of Education<br><span style='background:white'>Executive Council Member, PSU-AAUP<br></span>Portland State University<o:p></o:p></p><p>PO Box 751<br>615 SW Harrison<br>Suite 412<br>Portland, Oregon 97207-0751<br>Phone <a href="tel:503-725-5577" target="_blank">503-725-5577</a><br>Fax <a href="tel:503-725-5599" target="_blank">503-725-5599</a><br><a href="mailto:neichste@pdx.edu" target="_blank">neichste@pdx.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.pdx.edu/education" target="_blank">Graduate School of Education</a><br><a href="http://schoolofed.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Graduate School of Education Blog</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Ruth Murray<br>Portland State University GSE<br>Library Media Advisor/Instructor<br><a href="tel:503%20725-%209860" target="_blank">503 725- 9860</a><br>Office- Education 310B<br>Hours- Tuesday and Thursday by appointment<br>PO Box 751<br>Portland, Oregon 97207<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Libs-Or mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or" target="_blank">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. 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