A panel shares how to have a successful book sale. Presented at GaCOMO12 by Gordon Baker and Jennifer Duke.

1. HELLO
Welcome to
Having a Book Sale at Your Library

2. Welcome

3. Check your library’s collection development policy!
Book donations are perfect for fund raisers.

4. THE PREP
Why do we do it?
Do you set goals? Have projects in mind?
When is the best time?
Annual? Holidays?
How long?
Where?
Who handles the booksale?
What do you sell?

5. THE PROCESS

6. Do you advertise for donations?
What makes a great book sale?
How do you sort? Or do you?

7. THE PEOPLE

8. How do you advertise?
Get the word out?
Getting people to come?
Are there incentives for donating or working
like free books, tax credit?

9. THE PRICING
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10. How do you price? (dots, codes, binding)
How much goes to your library?
Typical costs of a book sale: no free puppy.

11. THE PLOYS

12. Gimmicks?
Displays?
Special Deals?
Special Attractions?
Games?
Partnering?

13. THE PICKUP
After it’s all over…
Where do the leftovers go?
Who cleans up?

14. THE PAYOFF?

15. PROLOGUE
The best part of our book sale is….
The biggest problem with our book sale is…
With our book sale I wish we could…

16. MANY THANKS.
Dwain Gordon, Arkansas State Library
Kathy Pillatzky, Henry County Public Library, Georgia
William Potter, University of Georgia
Dr. Gordon Baker, Clayton State University
And you.

17. THE POLICY
The director of the University of Georgia Libraries may transfer books and
other library holdings to the Division of Archives and History, the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia, or other public libraries.
Books and other library holdings which are obsolete, defective, worn out, or
surplus, or otherwise in the discretion of the director of the University of
Georgia Libraries are not required, may be sold, destroyed, or otherwise
disposed of by the director of University of Georgia Libraries, without the
need to comply with the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 13 of Title 45
relating to the disposition of surplus state books.
O.C.G.A. 20-5-2

18. Here is the proper process:l disposal requests flow through the process:
Redistribution, Sales, Recycle, Trash. The goal is to maximize return and
minimize cost for the disposal.
“Without going into too much detail, after redistribution, we try sales and if it
doesn’t sell, we authorize disposal through recycling. If you really want us to
take inventory straight to recycling, please send us a photo. We usually don’t
have any questions if we can actually see the condition. We’ll also need photos
and inventory if you want to sell as well.”
-William Gray Potter
University Librarian and Associate Provost
University of Georgia
Athens, GA