I do not feel that a book exchange poses a serious risk to online bookselling. While some customers will use a book exchange over a store, they are generally the customers that are interested in the lowest price possible - not ones interested in collecting a book of beauty.

For book scouts, I believe these exchanges offer a good opportunity to discover previously uncirculated books. While I don’t know the quality of book you’d receive through an exchange, it might be worth looking into.

To take a look at BookMooch.com, click here

AddAll.com is another service that provides a central search for consumers when they’re looking for used and rare books.

You can suggest your online bookstore to their service here: Suggest Bookstore

One a user does a search, it will display the results. When the consumer decides to purchase the book, they are then directed to your site in order to complete the transaction.

I don’t know if this is a free service for booksellers, but it is definitely worth taking a look at. You know me, I can’t see having more people looking at your inventory as a bad thing

Hudson, Massachusetts - Baysys Publishing, which runs the web site www.BookSaleFinder.com announced its acquisition of the website and business of Book Sale Scout.

Helen Oram, owner of Book Sale Finder, commented, “We are very pleased to have acquired Book Sale Scout. We have many plans to expand the features offered by Book Sale Finder, and the addition of Book Sale Scout will help with our strategy.”

“Book Sale Finder has proved to be an essential tool for used book dealers, book collectors, homeschoolers, avid readers, and other book lovers. We’re proud that we have been able to serve both book buyers and booksellers, and we are excited about some of the new concepts we will introduce in the next several months,” said Ms Oram.

Book Sale Finder will continue to offer its unique features, notably: Sale Mail - a free service which tells subscribers the dates of upcoming book sales in their area, and Sale Maps - showing the locations of book sales and used book stores, using Google Maps.

At this time, www.BookSaleScout.com  will direct visitors to the Book Sale Finder website for book sale information.

ABOUT BOOK SALE FINDER - Since 1994, www.BookSaleFinder.com (formerly called Book Sales in America) has been telling people where to find non-profit and other used book sales, as well as used book auctions, fairs, and various book events. Currently Book Sale Finder publishes details about more than 6,000 sales held annually in the USA and Canada.