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Welcome to the Better World Books Library Newsletter! In this
issue, you will learn about program updates,
upcoming events,
noteworthy announcements, and
various other information. Thanks for reading and thanks for your interest in Better World Books.
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Introducing the ARC Department
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Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books
Better World Books now has a dedicated Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books (ARC) department at its Mishawaka, Indiana Warehouse.
Employing knowledgeable bibliographers who specialize in the identification of these unique items, including the research of provenance and publication details, the ARC team is prepared to deal with a wide-variety of books and other media which, in the past, were not saleable though traditional online channels. Dedicated cataloguers provide careful and detailed descriptions and establish competitive price points based upon the current antiquarian market.
Though much of the ARC inventory consists of items with out ISBNumbers, we are no longer limited to just these items, and are actively seeking, for example: institutional collection deacessions, including special, rare, faculty, or subject-specific collections; complete, current reference sets; as well as many items and media which may not immediately be ostensibly of valuable (please see the ARC FAQ’s for further details).
This is an exciting time for the ARC. We’ve just attended the
Antiquarian Book Seminars in Colorado Springs. And, we’re in the process of relocating the ARC operation to a more secure, stable and protected environment within the warehouse. Future plans include the addition of a preservation specialist, additional auction and sales venues, the issue of a catalogue, and more.
Please let us know how the ARC department can be of assistance to you (ARC@betterworldbooks.com). For more information, click here. We look forward to serving your antiquarian, rare, and collectable book needs.
Contact: Rudy Reyes Jr., Rudy@betterworldbooks.com, 800.894.0242 x 756 |
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Last Quarter Highlights
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What's HOT?
Top 5 Sales in Q2: General Material
Price
| Online Marketplace
| Client's State
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Title
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| $467.98
| BetterWorld.com
| IL
| Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches
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Winston Churchill
| $380.49
| Amazon UK
| OH
| Assessment of Skeletal Maturity and Prediction of Adult Height
| J.M. Tanner
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$341.25
| Abebooks
| FL
| Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy, Volume 1
| Eduard Pernkopf
| $329.04
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Amazon JP
| DC
| The Italian Renaissance Interior, 1400-1600
| Peter Thornton
| $276.93
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Amazon
| NC
| Land Survey Review Manual
| R. Ben Buckner
| Top 5 Sales in Q2: ARC Material
Price
| Online Marketplace
| Client's State
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Title
| Author
| $832.10
| BetterWorld.com
| VA
| Le Costume Historique
| M.A. Racinet
| $432.53
| Abebooks
| WI
| The Fragments of Attic Comedy After Meineke, Bergk, and Kock
| J.M. Edmonds
| $415.88
| Abebooks
| TX
| Gods, Goblins and Ghosts: The Weird Legends of the Far East
| Bertha Boynton Lum
| $347.40
| Abebooks
| OH
| Encyclopedia of Human Biology
| Renato Dulbecco
| $312.48
| BetterWorld.com
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| A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles
| Otto Jespersen
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Top 3 Sales in Q2: eBay Auction
Price
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Client's State
| Title
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| $1,026.00
| eBay Auction
| KS
| Stranger in Ireland
| John Carr
| $365.00
| eBay Auction
| MN
| Works of Richard Jefferies 6V 1st Editions
| Richard Jefferies
| $299.00
| eBay Auction
| CA
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Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace and Parish-Officers for Ireland
| Edward Bullingbrooke
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Our IMPACT
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Better World Books Stats
With your help, Better World Books continues to make a difference. Take a look at what we’ve accomplished since 2003: - Raised over $2.3 Million for approximately
80 literacy and education non-profit organizations, including:
- More than $1.3 Million for Books for Africa
- More than $250,000 for Room to Read
- More than $300,000 for National Center for Family Literacy
- More than
$15,000 for Worldfund
- More than $70,000 for the Robinson Community Learning Center
- More than $375,000 for additional literacy partners
- Raised more than $75,000 for the New Orleans Public Library Foundation
- Raised more than $1.2 Million for Libraries
- Directly sent more than
570,500 Books to Books for Africa, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Feed the Children
- Saved over 5,250 Tons of books from landfills
- Reclaimed more than 680,000 Pounds of metal shelving from libraries across the United States
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Program Announcements
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Library Discards & Donations Program
Help us reduce our costs. Please DO NOT send books in poor condition. This includes books in the following conditions:
• Dirty
• Moldy
• Water Damaged
• Damaged Binding or Pages
• Missing Covers or Pages
• Excessive Writing, Markings, or Highlighting
• Removed Library Treatments
• Softcover Books Warped From Gaylord Storage or Shipping
To view our updated Acceptance Guidelines, please click here or download a copy
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Buy USED & NEW Books at BetterWorld.com
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Fund Literacy, Care for the Environment, and get a Fair Price on the books you want.
 Better World Books proudly announces the expansion of the popular
Library Discards & Donations Program by launching the www.BetterWorld.com online marketplace for used books. Highlights of
www.BetterWorld.com include everyday low prices (starting at $3.48) on a selection of over 2 million new and used books and FREE shipping on all domestic orders. International shipping rates start at $2.97.
In addition, every book purchased at BetterWorld.com ships “Carbon free”—
BetterWorld.com is the first online marketplace for books to offset the carbon emissions generated by shipping books to consumers. To learn more, visit Carbonfund.org.
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BetterWorld.com Affiliate Program
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Help fund literacy, add value to your site, and make some money while you're at it!
Ever wanted to make money by telling people about
BetterWorld.com? Want to help us foster literacy initiatives around the world? Now it's easier than ever! We recently launched our affiliate program and have opened the doors for you to help promote
BetterWorld.com via e-mail, blog, personal site, price comparison engine, shopping portal, PPC, and beyond.
With over 2 million new and used books for sale at
BetterWorld.com and a host of promotional resources available to you, being a BetterWorld.com affiliate is both profitable and easy. To get started, click
here.
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ALA 2007 Annual Conference
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Washington, D.C.
This past June, more than 400 attendees visited the BWB Library Team on the show floor. We’d like to thank each and every one of you that took the time to drop by the booth either to say “hi,” inquire about our popular Library Discards & Donations Program
, learn about buying from www.BetterWorld.com, watch a demonstration of the new pre-screen portal, or simply enter to win the iPod Nano drawing (By the way, congratulations to our iPod Nano winner—L. Gardner of the Cherokee County Public Library). Please visit Booth 452 at the ALA Mid-winter Conference January 11-14, 2008 in Philadelphia. |
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Better World Books Grows Greener
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Better World Books remains committed to its environmental bottom line, actively seeking new ways to reduce waste of natural resources and ecological abuse, and is proud to announce a new partnership with paper recyclers.
Last month, we attended the Indiana Recycling Coalition Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, where we learned that many solid waste districts sell the books they receive to paper recyclers, who turn these books into napkins and paper towels – a very energy intensive process. Better World Books now offers the ability to reuse some of those books, which not only conserves a substantial amount of energy, but it prolongs the life of the book and promotes literacy. Better World Books compensates our solid waste district clients for these books, providing funding for those who responsibly manage America’s
waste. So far, Better World Books has saved in excess of 5,250 Tons of books from America’s landfills.
To learn more, visit Booth 919 at the National Recycling Coalition 26th Annual Congress & Expo (September 16 – 19, 2007) at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Contact: Paul Drake,
Paul@betterworldbooks.com, 800.894.0242 x 755 |
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Noteworthy
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- Outgoing ALA President Leslie Burger, who was recently featured in the Business Section’s “Short Cuts” of the New York Times, points to Better World Books and her participation in the Library Discards & Donations Program as a way of making “Giving Away Books a Bit Less Painful.” Click
here to read the entire story.
- Dustin Holland, the Director of Better World Books’ Library Division, was recently named among the Library Journal’s 2007 Movers and Shakers. To read the entire article, click
here.
- Along with the CEO of Better World Books, 5 other Better World Books employees, and 3
National Center for Family Literacy representatives, Walter Sears and Jacob Fu recently had the opportunity to visit the Santa Rosa Boarding & Day School in southern Arizona. In addition to providing books to the school, they also helped them get ready for the school year. The school serves K-8 and is a Bureau of Indian Affairs school on the Tohono O'odham reservation.
The BWB and NCFL Team at the Santa Rosa Boarding & Day School
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Coming Soon!
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- Hip hip hooray! Major upgrades to the online Client Portal are on the way (details to be announced at the end of Q3 2007).
- Mark your calendars! September 8th is International Literacy Day.
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