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Library & Friends Group Partner

Your donated booksearn more money.

BrandonsBooks partners with libraries, Friends groups, and schools to sell their most valuable donated books online — Amazon, eBay, and wholesale — at no cost, no risk, and no extra work for your team.

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$1.2M+
Lifetime Amazon sales
50%
Your share of every sale
7+
Years in online book resale
$0
Fees, software, or prep costs
Brandon Beebe picking up donated books from a library partner
Real pickup. Real partner. One of 15+ active library partnerships
$1.2M+ in partner sales
Trusted by
📚 Friends of Broome County Library
🏛️ Friends of Santa Fe Public Library
📖 Friends of Mount Dora Library
📚 Friends of the Abington Community Library
📖 Friends of Rocky Bluff Library
✚ And many more across the country
See It In Action

Watch how BrandonsBooks works

A quick walkthrough of the partnership — from scanning your first book to receiving your monthly check.

The Process

Simple for you.
Powerful for your bottom line.

We typically accept 10–15% of what you scan — only the books that earn more online. Your regular book sales, bookstore, and community operations are completely unaffected.

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Scan Donations
Your staff or volunteers log in from any web browser — phone, tablet, or computer — and scan with a Bluetooth or USB scanner. Green = set aside for BrandonsBooks. Red = back to your sale. Under a second per book, no training needed.
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Box & Ship
Green books are boxed (max 50 lbs per box). We send prepaid shipping labels, usually within 24 hours — no shipping costs on your end. In Central Florida & Tampa Bay, we pick up in person.
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We Handle Everything
We manage conditioning, listing, pricing, repricing, fulfillment, customer service, and returns. You do nothing.
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Get Paid Monthly
On the 30th of each month, you receive 50% of net profit for the prior month's sales (allowing for Amazon's 30-day return window), plus a full summary report — via ACH, PayPal, Venmo, or check.
Works Alongside What You Already Do

Keep your sale. Keep your bulk buyer.
Add a new monthly check.

We're a premium filter on top of your existing operation — not a replacement for any part of it.

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Already work with ThriftBooks, Better World Books, or a dealer?
Keep them. Scan first, set aside the greens for us, and send your leftovers to them as usual. They're great at moving volume — we get the most out of your best books.
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More channels, more books qualify
We sell through Amazon, eBay, and wholesale buyers, so each book goes where it earns the most — and more of your donations come back green than with an Amazon-only program.
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Local in Florida
Based in St. Petersburg. Across Central Florida and Tampa Bay we pick up in person and can help set up your scanners on-site. Everywhere else, prepaid labels make shipping free and easy.
The Economics

The fairest split
in the industry.

Most book consignment companies pay 10–25% of net profit. We pay 50%. No hidden fees, no software charges, no prep costs.

Partner Share
BrandonsBooks
Industry Avg.
Net Profit Split
50%
10–25%
Software Fee
$0
Often charged
Prep Fee
$0
Often charged
Monthly Report
✓ Included
Varies
Shipping Labels
✓ We provide
You pay

Every partner receives a full monthly report — units sold, all expenses, net profit, and your check. No surprises.

50%
of every dollar in net profit goes to your organization
Defined as: Total sales minus marketplace fees, payment processing, shipping costs, and refund adjustments
Zero Added Burden

Everything after the box
is our problem.

Your volunteers scan. Your team ships. We take care of the rest — so you can focus on your mission.

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Inspection & Conditioning
We assess every book's condition and grade it accurately for Amazon listings — protecting your reputation and ours.
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Listing & Pricing
Our software identifies premium titles, sets optimal prices, and routes each book to the channel where it earns the most — Amazon, eBay, or wholesale.
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Repricing
We continuously monitor the market and reprice inventory to keep your books competitive and selling.
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Fulfillment
Every order is picked, packed, and shipped through Amazon FBA — fast, reliable, and Prime-eligible.
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Customer Service
We handle all buyer questions, complaints, and issues. Your organization is never exposed to customer friction.
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Monthly Reporting
A clear monthly summary: units sold, fees breakdown, net profit, and your commission — perfect for board presentations.
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You have a strong endorsement from the Alum Rock Friends group, who has enjoyed a great experience working with you.

— Trusted Partner San Jose Public Library System

Brandon has been wonderful to work with. The monthly checks are a meaningful and consistent contribution to our Friends group — and it truly runs itself on our end.

— Trusted Partner Active Library Friends Group

We were skeptical at first, but the process was exactly as described — no hidden fees, no disruption to our book sale, just a new check every month. We wish we'd started sooner.

— Trusted Partner Active Library Friends Group

What surprised me most was how little we had to do. Our volunteers scan a few boxes, we ship them out, and the report shows up at the end of the month. Brandon handles everything else.

— Trusted Partner Active Library Friends Group — Central Florida
$15,790
Paid to one partner in 14 months
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~$1,500
Per month for a partner scanning ~200 books a day
One active partner's typical month
10–15%
Of scanned books accepted
Everything else stays with your sale or bookstore
24 hrs
To receive your shipping labels
After you notify us your boxes are ready
30th
Payment issued every month
For the prior month's sales, with a full summary report — ACH, PayPal, Venmo, or check
Who We Are

Built by a bookseller,
for your mission.

BrandonsBooks was founded by Brandon Beebe, who started selling used books on Amazon in college as a side hustle. When COVID-19 closed book sales and thrift stores in 2020, Brandon developed the consignment model — partnering directly with libraries and Friends groups to source and sell premium inventory.

Today, BrandonsBooks works with partners across the country, generating consistent monthly income for organizations whose missions depend on fundraising — all without adding work or disrupting existing operations.

Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, we pick up in person across Central Florida and Tampa Bay and send prepaid shipping labels to partners everywhere else.

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Brandon Beebe with a hand truck of donated books outside a library
Brandon Beebe — Founder Picking up inventory from a library partner in the Northeast
Start a Partnership

Let's turn your donations
into monthly income.

Tell us a little about your organization and we'll be in touch within one business day to explore if we're a good fit.

✓
No fees, ever
No software, prep, or upfront costs — we only make money when you do.
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50% of every sale goes to you
The highest consignment split in the industry.
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We handle everything after the box
Listing, pricing, fulfillment, customer service, and monthly reporting.
✓
Your regular operations stay intact
We typically accept 10–15% of what you scan. Everything else stays with your sale.
✉ Brandon@BrandonsBooks.com 📄 Download our Description of Services (PDF) 📞 (315) 751-7425

Tell us about your organization

We'll follow up within one business day.

No commitment required. We'll reach out to see if it's a good fit.

Ready to turn donated books
into monthly income?

No fees. No risk. No disruption to your existing operations. Just a new revenue stream and a partner who handles the work.

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Partner Case Study

From Discards to $15,000+:
A Library's Consignment Story

A public library in the American Southwest partnered with BrandonsBooks to extract hidden value from books their collection no longer needed. This is what 14 months of selling on Amazon looked like.

$64,482
Total gross sales
on Amazon
$15,790
Earned by the library
(50% of net)
~$1,128
Average monthly
library earnings
2,759
Books sold across
2,700+ titles
The Story

A weeding problem with a profitable solution

Like most libraries, this partner had a weeding problem — not too few books, but too many going nowhere useful. Donated volumes and collection discards piled up, priced at $1–$2 at the used book table or quietly recycled. The books that could have earned real money on Amazon were indistinguishable, by eye, from the ones that couldn't.

BrandonsBooks solved that with a barcode scanner and a database. Volunteers scanned incoming books; anything flagged ACCEPT was boxed and shipped. Everything else went to the normal book sale, untouched. The library did the sorting. BrandonsBooks handled everything after — listing, repricing, fulfillment, customer service, and monthly payments.

The operational lift was minimal. The library was already processing thousands of donated books each month through their normal intake workflow.

At a 5% accept rate, roughly 300 books — 8 to 12 boxes — made their way to BrandonsBooks each month. Everything else stayed exactly where it was. (This was before we added eBay and wholesale channels; accept rates now typically run 10–15%.)
The highest single sale: A 6-volume set of Modernist Cuisine: The Art & Science of Cooking — sold for $420.00. It would have sold for $2 at the book table, if anyone had picked it up.
Monthly Sales Growth

14× growth in 12 months

Jan 2025Feb 2026
Units sold per month. Program launched Jan 2025; catalog depth and Amazon ranking drove compounding acceleration.
Revenue Breakdown

Where the money went

Gross sales on Amazon$64,482
↪ Amazon referral fees (15%)− $14,632
↪ FBA fulfillment fees− $9,030
Net after Amazon fees$40,820
↪ Inbound shipping costs− $9,240
Total earnings before split$31,580 49% net margin
Library's 50% share$15,790
Key Drivers

What made it work

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Compounding catalog

23 sales in month one grew to 326 by month twelve as listings ranked, reviews accumulated, and the catalog deepened. The program gets better over time, not worse.

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Hidden high-value books

35 books sold for $100 or more, generating $5,555 — just 1.3% of sales but 8.6% of gross revenue. Art books, reference sets, and specialty cookbooks punched far above their weight.

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Zero disruption to operations

The partner's book sale, bookstore, and donation workflow ran exactly as before. BrandonsBooks only touched the roughly 5% of books that had real Amazon value. Everything else stayed in-house.

The Model

How it works for your organization

BrandonsBooks operates on a pure consignment basis: no fees, no upfront costs, no minimum commitment. You scan, you ship (using our prepaid labels), and on the 30th of each month you receive a direct payment for 50% of net profit, plus a full performance report. Shipping costs are deducted from net profit before the split — there is never an out-of-pocket expense to your organization.

Industry standard splits run 10–25% of net. Our split is 50%. Because the program only works if your organization stays in it.

Ready to see what your books could earn?

Most partners start with whatever donated books they have on hand. No commitment, no cost, no disruption to your existing sales. We typically respond the same day.

Start a Partnership → (315) 751-7425
Brandon Beebe
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