[LM_NET] HIT: old books

[Dashannon Lovin <lovind@BLANCHESTER.K12.OH.US>]

Last week I posted a question about patrons asking for help finding the 
value of old books. For PR reasons I don't want to get too involved but 
want to have somewhere to point them when they come in for information. 
Following are the responses I received. I sent thanks out individually~

Try looking at alibris: http://www.alibris.com/
It specializes in selling used books and see what it may be selling for 
- I just did a quick search and it shows some covers that you may be 
able to match.

Try on e-bay; see if anything is being sold there.  Without the

copyright though, it will be very hard to fix a year.

You might try www.loc.gov <http://www.loc.gov> ; see if they have a copyright date 
for that

particular publisher of the book.  Then you can see if you can match it

up somewhere.

Try looking it up on www.abebooks.com <http://www.abebooks.com/> 

That will give her an idea of what it would sell for on the secondary

market and she could guess that she could sell it to them for about

one-third of the price listed. 

-- 
DaShannon Lovin, Library Media Specialist
Blanchester High School
Blanchester Local Schools
Blanchester, Ohio
lovind@blanchester.k12.oh.us

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