Since then, there have been a handful of books posted on behalf of my charity of choice, A Place To Bark. Dear arty friend Corinne Stubson also joined in with some of her books, and together so far, we’ve raised just over $250.

I’m going to continue posting RRB4C auctions in the coming weeks, but I’ll probably do just one book at a time. If you’d like to join me in clearing out your stash of old, well-loved arted-up books to help raise money, please follow the instructions in this post to make sure your books show up in the auction links I’m posting to my newsletter, here at GMS, to Facebook, Twitter, and wherever else I can work them in.

Here’s what I propose:

• Find an old altered book or round robin book in your collection that could go to a new home.

• Photograph it, to the best of your abililty, showing off its coolest aspects.
• List the book on eBay, and include this in the auction title: RRB4C
• While you’re building your listing, you’ll see a section titled eBay Giving Works. Donate 100% of your sale to charity. There are dozens of charities listed—you can search for the one that you wish to support. (My charity auctions are going to A Place to Bark, artist Bernie Berlin’s animal rescue.)

If you wish, you can also include this message in the text of your listing:

“What’s RRB4C? Round Robin Books For Charity! Altered book artists are clearing out their collections, and listing much-loved books for auction to raise money for their favorite charities. Want to participate? Visit GoMakeSomething.com to learn more.”

Auction listings will appear at this link as they are posted.

Hello—did I mention they’re FREE? Go get yourself some free inspiration!