Friends Book Sale - Program - Consignment Internet Sales of Discards and Donations

The Friends Book Sale Program is a simple, free, no-obligation program that enables libraries and other non-profit institutions to easily and profitably sell their discard or donated books and other media on the Internet.

Nothing! We provide the boxes and return UPS shipping labels for free! There are no sign-up, monthly or membership fees to worry about. Just send us your books and other media, and we will send you a monthly check for your sales!

The Friends Book Sale Program payment schedule is simple and clear: You will receive 30% of the proceeds from the sale of your books and other media! The only expense item that is deducted from the customer sales price is the Internet marketplace’s commission fee on the sale.

For example, Amazon charges a 15% commission on all sales. So a book that sells for $100 on Amazon would earn you 30% x $85 ($100 less Amazon’s $15 commission) = $25.50! Compare that to the $1 or $2 you would have received at an on-site library book sale!

Every month, Friends Book Sale will mail you a statement showing all of your currently listed media items and all of your sales completed during the prior month. We will also mail you a check for your earnings that month, with no minimum and no month-to-month earnings hold-overs!

When you sign up for the Friends Book Sale Program, we will send you an initial supply of 5 corrugated boxes (18" x 12" x 12"). All you have to do is:

Once we receive a shipment of 5 boxes from you, we will automatically send you another 5 boxes (or more if you request it). It’s that easy!

Friends Book Sale will not accept materials that have been “picked over” or are rejects or leftovers from on-site library book sales. You obviously get the greatest benefit from the Friends Book Sale Program by sending us your better items. We gladly accept all of the following media types in either new, like-new or gently used condition:

* Books-on-Tape, CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes must be in good playable condition with original casing, booklets and graphics.

The following is a list of helpful hints for selecting the items that will sell for the highest value:

In books, we are primarily looking for "non-popular" non-fiction.

Popular books (fiction and non-fiction) are almost always worthless, unless it is a current best seller. If you have a current best seller, it still has value. Last year’s or last decade’s best seller is guaranteed to be worthless.

"Old" books are generally very difficult to sell because there is a very small market for them. We generally do not accept books published before 1975. If the book does not have an ISBN, we are generally not interested in it. If you think you have an older gem, please contact us first to see if we are interested.

In books, the more esoteric the subject, the better.

In CDs, classical, jazz, foreign labels and indie bands tend to be valuable.

In DVDs, current releases, independent and foreign studio titles do well.

In VHS tapes, anything not available in DVD format can be valuable.

University press, small press, criticism, monographs and other scholarly books are great.

African-American studies, genealogy, golf, military, woodworking, needle work, gardening, hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, specialty cookbooks, antiques, collectables, furniture, doll-making and other unusual “hobby” topic books are great.

Fantasy titles and manga (Japanese-style cartoons) are often quite good.

Religion and spirituality (especially new age and occult) books can be valuable.

Any technical book, such as architecture, engineering, forestry, agriculture, medicine, mathematics and chemistry can be very good.

Textbooks tend to lose their value quickly, and become almost worthless if a newer edition has been published.

Books-on-tape, Books-on-CD and Large Print editions hold their value long after the regular print edition has become worthless.

Reference books can be very good. Please do not send general knowledge encyclopedias or English-only dictionaries. Foreign language-to-English dictionaries, bibliographic sources, dictionaries on esoteric subjects (like music, engineering, botany, etc.), specialty encyclopedias, foreign language sources, and other reference works can all be very valuable.

Anything “unusual” is good. Most “common” titles are worthless, regardless of format (book, CD, DVD, etc.).

No! Just pack our boxes full of acceptable media, and we will take it from there.

Books that do not meet our selling criteria, or are not sold within a reasonable period of time (normally 1 year) are either donated to the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Atlanta, Georgia or are appropriately recycled. No book that we receive will ever find its way into a landfill.

The Friends Book Sale Program utilizes the largest and most widely-used book and media selling marketplaces on the Internet to sell your media items. We have partnered with the following web sites to offer your media items to the largest possible audience, thus ensuring you the highest possible price.

The owners of Friends Book Sale have been selling books and other media on the Internet since March 2004, doing business as Scouter Page’s Book Shop. Scouter Page has earned the highest reviews for it’s ethical business practices, fast shipping and excellent customer service on all the Internet marketplaces we serve.

Since 2004, Scouter Page has successfully sold over 80,000 books, CDs, DVDs and tapes on the Internet.

It’s easy! Just click on Sign Up and fill out the e-form. Once we receive your application we will set up your account, send you your starter pack of 5 boxes, and you are set to go.