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July 2nd, 2009

Bibliotarian book site launches; gives affiliate revenue to charity; Sony Reader give away

By Paul Biba

I am continually amazed by the ideas that people come up with. Here is the description of their site from their front page:

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* Buying books? Our fast search engine finds the lowest prices. (more)
* Used and new prices from Amazon, Alibris, AbeBooks, and Half.com.
Swappable books from BookMooch and PaperBackSwap.
* 100% of our affiliate revenue from your purchases goes to charity.

* 50% to your favorite charity, 50% to Book Wish Foundation. (more)
* Bibliotarian is run by Book Wish Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Book Wish provides reading relief for people in crisis, including thousands in refugee camps.
Choose your favorite charity from nearly a million other 501(c)(3)s.
Purchases from Amazon will not benefit your chosen charity, due to Amazon terms of service.

* Register for free to access special features. (more)
Create a wish list so your friends can give you gifts and help charities at the same time.
Recommend books to other supporters of your favorite charity.
Your profile at bibliotarian.org/[your username]

In addition they are giving away a Sony Reader. Here’s the email they sent me:

Sony Reader Giveaway! Bibliotarian.org is giving away a Sony Reader
(PRS-505) to one lucky winner to celebrate its launch. Rules at
http://bibliotarian.org/rules-sony-reader.

The easiest way to enter is to follow @bibliotarian on Twitter and tweet anything containing #bibliotarian.

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