In observance of Children's Book Week, Nov 14-21, Children's Book Market announces the launch of its new free Donor Mart to promote literacy. Parents and others with outgrown or unwanted children's books can connect with children locally or around the world who would love to have them.
Stillwater, OK (PRWEB) November 18, 2005 -- www.ChildrensBookMart.com is a new, non-profit online venue where donors can connect with children and schools around the world who need books. "There must be millions of outgrown children's books gathering dust that would be dearly loved by another child if they were put back into circulation" says Peter Thomas, developer of the site.
Donors use simple, free classified-type ads to briefly describe their donations, and then choose their recipients from the responses. Similarly, children and educators can post free "request" ads for specific books or general classroom or library needs.
ChildrensBookMart is a new addition to www.ChildrensBookMarket.com, a non-profit multi-database website that includes an online auction, a link directory, and a news module, all developed specifically for children's book related content. The auction, which currently lists over 12,000 books, is also free, but eventually will charge a small listing fee to help cover operating expenses. All profits will be donated back as gift certificates to honor ChildrensBookMart donation requests, providing additional demand for the auction items. Donors can also purchase gift certificates to distribute so children can choose their own books. Sellers are reimbursed for gift certificates they receive as payment.
"The concept is to create an all-purpose children's book site to promote literacy," said Thomas, "where anyone can buy, sell, donate, request, or find information. The site has reached a stage where all of the modules are up and functioning well, and we are now beginning our promotion to get user feedback so we can continue to improve the site. To date this has been a home-based operation with no funding, but we are already growing steadily and we hope to build the activity to the point we can attract an investment partner or sponsor to help us take this to the international level."
Peter Thomas owned new and used bookstores specializing in children's books for 23 years before beginning work on this project. He can be reached via the "contact us" links on the websites.
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