Last week my neighbourhood had its annual StreetFest.... my church has a basement filled with donated books.... so tables were set up and stocked with these books - mostly fiction of the sort that women read..... at 25 cents for a paperback and 50 cents for a hardcover we sold about $3000 in books - 90% to women...... and 10% to men.....
The London, Ontario Public Library has a volunteer bookshop, which accepts books. Those too specialized to sell in the shop are displayed at a big book sale in the fall which attracts dealers. Last year they raised $50,000 for children's library programmes and the like.
In Toronto Diabetes Canada will pick up used books,clothes and household goods. I had no way of moving all my books so the fact they could come to my home was perfect for me.I think they have a bulk contract with Value Village . This is Diabetes Canada main way of fundraising. I have no idea what VV does with any unwanted items from their bulk buy. If I had more mobility the prison option sounds interesting though I’m not sure they would have wanted all my old Timothy Leary books.
I take pictures of piles of books so the titles are visible and then I offer them to my newsletter readers and friends on socials. Then I have an open day and people come and get their books; for those of us without an office, it can be done from anywhere, a café, a room at the TPL, wherever. What's left goes to the Little Free Libraries (Cabbagetown has multiple, including Beth's as she mentions) or the TPL donation bin. I sometimes send the same pictures of book spines to used bookstores, but the amount of money you can get is minuscule so if you want to go that way, consider it a donation. Some appreciative reader will find them.
I have a Little Free Library outside my house that's extremely well-trafficked, passersby always stopping to see what's there or to leave a contribution. Many neighbourhoods have them. If book donors don't want to trek far, they could look for a Little Free Library near them.
On book donations - at least in Ottawa, the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library accept donations at each branch and each branch has a used book section where books are available for a few bucks - at least you know that the books will be seen by readers and the money will be going to supporting library services. They also accept CDs and DVDs.
Last week my neighbourhood had its annual StreetFest.... my church has a basement filled with donated books.... so tables were set up and stocked with these books - mostly fiction of the sort that women read..... at 25 cents for a paperback and 50 cents for a hardcover we sold about $3000 in books - 90% to women...... and 10% to men.....
The London, Ontario Public Library has a volunteer bookshop, which accepts books. Those too specialized to sell in the shop are displayed at a big book sale in the fall which attracts dealers. Last year they raised $50,000 for children's library programmes and the like.
In Toronto Diabetes Canada will pick up used books,clothes and household goods. I had no way of moving all my books so the fact they could come to my home was perfect for me.I think they have a bulk contract with Value Village . This is Diabetes Canada main way of fundraising. I have no idea what VV does with any unwanted items from their bulk buy. If I had more mobility the prison option sounds interesting though I’m not sure they would have wanted all my old Timothy Leary books.
I take pictures of piles of books so the titles are visible and then I offer them to my newsletter readers and friends on socials. Then I have an open day and people come and get their books; for those of us without an office, it can be done from anywhere, a café, a room at the TPL, wherever. What's left goes to the Little Free Libraries (Cabbagetown has multiple, including Beth's as she mentions) or the TPL donation bin. I sometimes send the same pictures of book spines to used bookstores, but the amount of money you can get is minuscule so if you want to go that way, consider it a donation. Some appreciative reader will find them.
I have a Little Free Library outside my house that's extremely well-trafficked, passersby always stopping to see what's there or to leave a contribution. Many neighbourhoods have them. If book donors don't want to trek far, they could look for a Little Free Library near them.
On book donations - at least in Ottawa, the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library accept donations at each branch and each branch has a used book section where books are available for a few bucks - at least you know that the books will be seen by readers and the money will be going to supporting library services. They also accept CDs and DVDs.