About Us

It happens thousands of times across the country every year – a used book is purchased by an eager patron and a nonprofit organization is funded. At Book Sale Manager, we believe in the power of this simple connection – the power to spread literacy and fund communities. That’s why building and promoting these connections is at the heart of what we do.

Our mission is to provide a forum where nonprofit organizations can promote their book sale. We want to make this experience of listing sales as smooth as possible.

  • We provide free accounts for nonprofit organizations so they can list, edit, and manage their book sales without going through the hassle of contacting us for every minor change.
  • We also offer free listing services for non account nonprofit organizations as well. Simply tell us about your book sale and we will list it for you.

A commitment to usability and customer friendliness are at the heart of what makes us different. We want people to quickly and easily find the sale they are looking for. We think cluttering our site with ads or offering long lists of simple texts detracts from that goal. With simplicity and usability in mind, we built a powerful array of features that allow people to easily find, manage, and share book sales like never before.

Finding Book Sales Made Easy

  • We provide two ways to search for book sales – by state or by zip code. This gives people the power to search for book sales using the method they prefer
  • We provide powerful filtering tools to help refine your search. Do you want to know where the biggest sales in California are? Filter your results by sale size. Do you want to limit your search to the weekend you will be in the specific area? Filter your results by date range.

Robust Management Tools

We don’t want to just offer compelling search features. We also want to offer tools to make saving and finding sales easy too. If people can save the sale and easily find the location, they are much more likely to attend.

  • Every book sale listed shows the location on google maps and offers a one click feature to quickly get directions to the book sale from your address
  • Most book sales have complete contact information listed. We make it easy to call, email, or visit the website to find out more details about the book sale.
  • People can create free accounts where they can save book sales to their online calendar. We also provide options to export saved book sales to outlook, iCal, and Google calendars.
  • We provide our complete database of book sales and book stores in several GPS format so users can find book sales and stores while on the road. We support all the major GPS devices like Tom-Tom and Garmin.
  • We also provide sale alerts for people who create accounts.
    • Users can opt in for notifications every time a new sale is listed in their area. So the second a nonprofit organization lists a book sale with us, thousands of users in their area can be instantly notified.
    • We also use alerts to keep users up to date. When information on a book sale changes, our system automatically sends out an email to every person who has saved that sale that informs them of the change.

Go Viral with Web 2.0 Sharing

We want to help spread the word about book sales listed on our site. That is the heart of our mission and the reason we work so hard to maintain this site. In this new age of sharing on sites like Twitter and Facebook, spreading the message is no longer about listing in a single area. That’s why we give our users to ability to share each and every sale they find on Book Sale Manager. We offer Easy one click options to

  • Share a book sale with your friends on Facebook and Myspace
  • Tweet a book sale to your friends on Twitter
  • Email the book sale information to your friends or family
  • Save and share book sale links to del.icio.us and dozens of other bookmark sites
  • Send the book sale information to Digg and Stumble Upon and similar sites
  • Share the information with over 250 other Web 2.0 social media sites
At Book Sale Manager, we believe in the power of connections. By connecting nonprofit organizations running book sales to the patrons eager to buy, we are helping fund worthy causes and spreading literacy. We are dedicated to providing a customer centered experience that emphasizes the book sales we list, not the advertisements we sell. If you have any questions or comments about our site, we want to hear from you. Simply fill out our contact us form. We love hearing feedback on how to improve our site.