Better World Books

The online bookstore with a soul, Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than two million new and used titles in stock, they have a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.

Here’s the best part: In addition to selling new titles, Better World Books supports book drives and collects used books and textbooks through a network of over 1,600 college campuses and partnerships with nearly 1,000 libraries nationwide. So far, the company has converted more than 11 million donated books into $4.5 million in funding for literacy and education. In the process, we’ve also diverted more than 6,000 tons of books from landfills.

This online company is green by recycling the books and doing fundraisers with libraries. With profits they purchase more books to fund literacy worldwide. All the books are shipped carbon free and most of the time they are priced cheaper than Amazon. So go and check them out online at Better World Books

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