Though a Past Story says libraries are embracing the web to sell off books, The Nashua Telegraph says even though the Internet has completely reshaped the business of selling books, both new and used, area libraries have found the old ways of getting rid of excess volumes remain the best.
On rare occasions, libraries take the eBay route, as the Nashua Public Library did with a donation of old photography books, which fetched a whopping $700 from collectors. But that’s the exception, said library Director Joseph Dionne.
“You’ve got to have somebody to do all the work of maintaining (the eBay account). . . . You’re got to input it and watch the account, then pack up (the book) and ship it. There’s a fair amount of overhead,� he said. “We don’t have the staff to support it.�
LibraryBookSales.org
Does anyone here know anything about http://www.librarybooksales.org/? I don’t think I’ve read anything about it, so I’m curious whether (1) it works, (2) have there been any problems with it, (3) how easy/hard is it for libraries to use them?
Thanks.
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