Hi, Freda: Freda wrote: > > I note your info about the history books and I have also been > told that there is no market. They are such a gold mine ... Oh, they are, indeed! > I am not skilled enough with a computer to set up a site (or I > would do) which would offer to list these books and the contact > person for such. It is sorely needed. But, I think one of the biggest problems, is when the original owners die, and the heirs have no idea how valuable a resource they may be to others. Not realizing their value, the heirs then dump them into a pile of old books that they're trying to unload at a yard-sale or such event just to clean up the former owner's premises. Of course, in such an environment, there's precious little chance of them being happened upon by people that will accord them their true worth. > I hate to see them ignored at garage sales and then > ultimately taken to the dump. This breaks my heart. I LOVE books, and I've assembled quite a creditable private library. What happens to them after I'm gone is a deep concern of mine. I desperately want my books to go to good homes, where they'll be truly appreciated, and where they'll be used to good purpose. I've considered donating them to the public library, but having seen how even the library disposes of less popular volumes after they've been around for a while, I'm not about to donate them there (at least not to the Yellowknife Library). Not only should there be a "Heritage-Book exchange/sale" website (and if there ever is one, it needs to be well publicized), but there should be a physical library that nurtures books donated from estates, and makes them readily available through InterLibrary Loan. We also need a greatly expanded North American (or, at least, Canadian) "Archive CD Books" branch. I notice that for Canada, Rod Neep only has two slim volumes on offer. This is so sad. tricia