About Buy It Now

A Web store with a difference

When you purchase books or other items with Buy It Now, you can contribute a set portion of the proceeds to a library near you. No additional costs are added to your order. Buy It Now is reached primarily through "Find in a Library" search results, and offered as an option to people searching for a library-owned item who decide they would like to purchase the item.

Your order is filled by an established provider

Merchandise is purchased from Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of books, video, music and games. Baker & Taylor completes orders for many popular Web stores as well as traditional retail stores.

Baker & Taylor is responsible for your online transaction, the delivery of your order and all associated customer service. Baker & Taylor also controls the policies and processes of the store (including collection of applicable sales taxes, privacy and security policies, and technical or other issues related to the Web site).

Great value

Baker & Taylor actively seeks the best prices and discounts available for all of its merchandise. It achieves this through established relationships with more than 30,000 suppliers (including book publishers, movie studios, game producers and music labels), and by maintaining the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventory in the United States.

Secure and private

Buy It Now uses VeriSign encryption technology to protect your online purchase. No personal information collected during your purchase is given to OCLC or to any of its member libraries.

A small gift to your favorite library

Libraries available for your direct support are member institutions of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Members of this global library cooperative contribute information to the WorldCat database that drives the Find in a Library search site.

As you enter the Buy It Now store, you'll be asked to select an eligible library near you. You may also choose to support libraries collectively, or to skip this step entirely. Choose a specific library, and a percentage of your final purchase is credited toward that library's OCLC service charges. If you do not choose a library, the amount is applied to a general OCLC fund that supports the Find in a Library search site. No matter how you choose, your gift helps libraries serve their communities.