Who runs Book Sale Finder?
The Book Sale Finder site is maintained by Helen and Tom Oram, who live in Massachusetts. Helen works full time keeping the web page up-to-date: compiling all the sale information, answering e-mails, soliciting new sales, and working with advertisers. Tom works part time on the page and is responsible for writing the programs that create the web pages, keep track of the sales, build the Google Maps, and personalize the weekly Sale Mail notices. We are NOT book dealers. Both of us, however, love books and book sales. Why Book Sale Finder? We have always loved going to local book sales. When our children were in school, we frequented sales to find books and magazines that they could use for school projects. Tom was always on the lookout for books on sliderules, math, and woodworking; Helen’s taste ran more to old cookbooks, world’s fair memorabilia, and anything about the old Coney Island. In 1993, while driving to a sale, we commented how nice it would be if there were a single source l
