I want to pass on my library of photography books. Background: I'm a published author of photography textbooks and a dictionary - I've a Masters in photographic history and have taught at all levels latterly as a lecturer at the then Cumbria Institute of the Arts and a visiting lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art/Napier. These were the books I used.
I originally wanted to sell my small collection of 250-260 books - some technical but some catalogue and monographs. A handful would probably generate £200-300 sold privately; the rest are worth 50p or a £1 each on the market but would be very very useful in a college library.
The majority of booksellers did not reply to my enquiries; those that did weren't interested in so many photography titles. I contacted specialist photography book sellers - one wanted to cherry pick and offered £60 for half-a-dozen books; one offered to pay the postage to transfer them all to him.
So I decided to gift them to an academic institute. Most librarians don't even reply. The two that have want to cherry pick and have me pay to send the few books they want. Some cite the inordinate costs of storage and cataloguing as preventing them accepting any donations.
Any suggestions - short of book burning - as to where to donate these books?
David
I originally wanted to sell my small collection of 250-260 books - some technical but some catalogue and monographs. A handful would probably generate £200-300 sold privately; the rest are worth 50p or a £1 each on the market but would be very very useful in a college library.
The majority of booksellers did not reply to my enquiries; those that did weren't interested in so many photography titles. I contacted specialist photography book sellers - one wanted to cherry pick and offered £60 for half-a-dozen books; one offered to pay the postage to transfer them all to him.
So I decided to gift them to an academic institute. Most librarians don't even reply. The two that have want to cherry pick and have me pay to send the few books they want. Some cite the inordinate costs of storage and cataloguing as preventing them accepting any donations.
Any suggestions - short of book burning - as to where to donate these books?
David