CDL: Book Buyers (Response 6-7)

From: <abbottjp_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 11:34:19 GMT
To: colldv-l_at_usc.edu


#6

>From  Helen P Mack <hpm0_at_Lehigh.EDU>

In defense of Zubal, they are interested only in books that they think they can
sell.  They are not performing an act of charity by taking everything you don't
want.  I think law books would be especially hard to "move."  We at Lehigh
University (Bethlehem, PA) have dealt with them on a number of occasions.

We routinely deal with Better World Books by sending them several shipments per
year.  In our case the income is nominal, but that is because what we send them
is not worth my time trying to sell on Amazon.  I may list things for sale
there, but as the price goes down, it can become less and less worthwhile trying
to sell books for which there is no market.  You can lower the price forever,
but that does not necessarily create a demand.

In your part of the country, you might contact Powell's or Alibris to see if
they have an interest in buying bulk collections.  Good luck!

Helen P Mack



#7

>From  "Margaret Stewart" <stewarmk_at_plattsburgh.edu>
	
We have also used Better World Books.

 

Marge
Received on Sun Sep 08 2013 - 03:01:19 EDT