More Reference Books and such...

[ironmountain]

I've been hitting our library everyday because they've been putting reference books out for .25cents each.these are the newest ones...the president one is a 2 vol setthe Oxford Art is a 5 vol setthe Manufacturing one is a 2 huge vol setthe dictionary of religion is a full setwife is going to kick my butt.... I picked up the stuff in the second pic today also. I'm a junkie for knowledge....

 

[ScottBSA]

Good for you. My library now contracts their books to a company that resells them on like amazon. No more quarter books. They even took a rare book off the shelf and had them sell it. Scott

 

[ironmountain]

sounds like BetterWorldBooks..who has like, 12 companies they run under...They do that with a ton of libraries. Normally they'll either get them for free and give the library a % back or swap books.They leave a bad taste in my mouth.. they have collection bins all over the world now. Many say stuff like "Books for Charity". They do what happened with your library. Donated books etc...They even get communities to have people volunteer to do book drives for them and college kids donating books to fight world illiteracy..not bad..free labor.5-10% goes back to 3rd world countries.. it's a great business model and lucrative. The part I have issue with is presenting their business as a charity vs a company that gives x% back to the communities and countries... just my opinion.. worst of all (in my eyes).. they sell books for 1cent.... charge the shipping and make a buck off of the shipping...1c,99c booksellers kill the book collector market.