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July, 2007
Browsers' in your newspaper...(the following articles are copyrighted by Lee Enterprises, and are reproduced with permission.)4/07 Books now recyclableNew partnership between Browsers’ Bookstore and Allied Waste keeps old tomes out of trashBy Cathy IngallsAlbany Democrat-Herald Slowly, Scott Givens’ hands guided the spine of a “Consumer Buyers Guide” paperback into the blade of his new band saw in a back room at Browsers’ Bookstore in Albany. When the back of the book fell off, he leaned over a pile of old books strewn on the floor and selected Ann Coulter’s hardback “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” and sliced off its spine the same way. Givens wasn’t wantonly destroying books. Rather, he was demonstrating how unwanted books and outdated textbooks, encyclopedias and training manuals can be recycled. “Entire books can’t be recycled because the glue in the binding causes problems with the recycling process,” he said. “So the binding has to be chopped off and thrown away along with hardback covers.” It’s been Givens’ dream to recycle books, so he recently bought an expensive band saw so he could start. A person on public assistance who must work toward getting a job or get job experience will go to the bookstore once a week to run the band saw. The worker, who will not be paid, will dump the recycled portions of the book into 90-yard carts provided free of charge by Allied Waste. “The company will pick up the carts also at no charge,” Givens said. Anyone who wants can take books in for recycling at the Browsers’ store in Albany at 1425 Pacific Blvd. S.E. between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. In Corvallis, take books to Browsers’ at 121 N.W. Fourth St. Givens, who is just getting started, plans to alert libraries, schools and hospitals, places that throw away large amounts of books, about his service. Julie Jackson of Allied Waste said people might be surprised to know that 40 percent of landfill waste comes from paper products. “That’s a national average,” she said.
10/06 Hitting the booksBrowsers’ Bookstore owner expands stock by buying Albany shopBy BENNETT HALL Gazette-Times business editorOne of the pleasures of poking around in a used-book store is finding unexpected treasures in out-of-the-way places. Multiply that by about 50,000 and you’ll have an idea of how Scott Givens feels. Givens, who owns Browsers’ Bookstore in Corvallis, bought the Albany Book Co. from longtime owner Carl Chrisco and reopened it under the Browsers’ name Sept. 2. The new owner has spent the weeks since then trying to figure out just what he’s gotten his hands on. “The store has always been famous for its very large amount of books piled up on the counter, behind the counter, on the floor — things like that,” Givens said. “All I’ve been doing is moving books off the floor and into boxes. I figure I’ve got 1,000 boxes of books or more in storage that have got to be gone through and priced and put on the shelves.” On reflection, he decided it’s closer to 1,200 boxes. At about 40 books per box, that adds up to nearly 50,000 volumes — in addition to what was on the shelves. And how many books was that? “We don’t really know,” Givens admitted. “It’s between 50,000 and 150,000, depending on who you ask.” Many of those books are paperbacks, but there’s also a strong military section. “Carl has been known for that,” Givens said. “We’re definitely going to keep that section well-stocked.” For now, the overstock is going into a separate building adjacent to the main store. But as the books get sorted and priced, Givens plans to refit more space for retail display. “Eventually, the store will probably be about 50 percent larger than it currently is,” he said. The Corvallis Browsers’, which opened in 2001 across the street from the Benton County Courthouse, will remain in business, Givens said. It’s more of a general-interest bookstore than the Albany location, and it has recently branched into fine bookbinding and repair under Melanie Rolka. With two stores to run, Givens is giving more hours to some of his six employees, many of whom are part-timers, and is looking to staff up a little more. “We’re going to be probably taking on at least one more person,” he said. The Book Bin’s decision to close its Albany location in July left the city with just two used-book stores, Albany Book Co. and No Garbage Books (where Givens worked before starting his own business). Givens had already begun discussions about buying Albany Book Co. when the closure was announced, but The Book Bin’s pullout made the decision easier, he said. “It did make me more willing to move forward with this purchase,” he said.
At a glance Bennett Hall is the business editor for the Gazette-Times. He can be reached at 758-9529 or bennett.hall@lee.net. |
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