Contents of a typical boxAll of the money that we collect goes to either purchasing books or shipping them. So far this year, all donations have been used for purchasing books - I’ve picked up the shipping on every box.

The picture below shows the contents of a typical box. In order to maximize my purchasing power, most of the books I buy are best-sellers that are overstocked, driving the used prices down.

In this batch, 1 book was donated, 7 were purchased for fifty cents each, and 11 were purchased for a dollar. That’s a total cost of $14.50 for 19 library-ready books. USPS media mail was $14.66, which effectively doubles the cost of the books. (If you regularly drive from D/FW to Huntsville, how about dropping a box or two off for me?)

Unfortunately, some of the highly sought-after books aren’t available at this price. Up-to-date software books are generally much more expensive,and dictionaries and reference books aren’t well represented at the used book store.

If you’re interested in seeing your dollars spent somewhere besides these inexpensive books, please let me know via the contact page.