Let’s Try this

Here’s another attempt to send some of these books out into the world to welcoming homes.

(Which is always my hope, and why I can’t just indiscriminately dump the books – I want to make sure (to try at least) that they are going where someone who’s interested might find them.)

I’m giving Big Cartel a shot – for those of you not familiar, Big Cartel is an Etsy-like website, except not.  It’s a place where people can sell their wares (like Etsy), but it’s less complicated. I think.

Here’s my little bookstore there (Crestwood Books).

It’s a mix of used books and, since I was there anyway,  some of my titles.  I’ll see how this goes, and if I think it’s a workable system, I’ll put all our titles up there.   (If you do happen to want some of mine that aren’t there – just go to the bookstore at my own website.)

As you can see, with the used books, I am only asking for shipping – and that’s Media Mail, by the way.  Making money off of these used books is not the point. It’s getting them to people who want them.   The reason I’m trying Big Cartel instead of just offering them on my site or through FB or Twitter is that Big Cartel has an inventory system in which once the item sells, it shows as “Sold Out” or is automatically removed or something. (It hasn’t happened yet, so I am not quite sure how it will work.)  What I didn’t want to deal with was the scenario of putting books available just on my website, having to field 20 emails about them, 19 of which must be answered with “Sorry, but…”

It may not work out at all, but we’ll see.

Update: Well, that didn’t take long. Most of the used books have gone. I’ll put up a couple more lots later today.

Update: Done.  Radio Replies, a good textbook series, some others.

Update: Radio Replies & the texts have been claimed. But if you’re dying for one of the 4 extra Portuguese copies of Decodificando Da Vinci I have lying around, here you go.

Update (10/24, evening).  Y’all are taking all my books! Thanks!  I have a few more up, but find that I am just about done. Until I get the urge six months from now, probably, and decide I really don’t need a whole other slew of books.   I do have a couple of boxes of fiction paperbacks that are all about 30 years old, but I think those are good Jimmie Hale Mission or Lovelady Thrift shop donations.  I also have a lot of newer (as in 2 yrs or less) titles sent for review that I tend to give out to people I know around here.  Usually when I speak, I bring whatever I have on hand and make them available.

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