Every time you buy a book, Better World Books will donate one to someone in need. And, there’s free shipping worldwide. Fantastic.
(via the TBD Newsletter)
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Dec 7th, 2011 / 3:18 pm
wrong image, sorry john. updated.
Dec 7th, 2011 / 3:23 pm
I’ve had great experiences ordering from BWB – love them!
Dec 7th, 2011 / 5:34 pm
Great idea, my new go to bookstore. reposted on Facebook. Brilliant!
Dec 8th, 2011 / 8:26 am
Great idea! I’m wondering about the whole ecosystem of book donations, sales…the whole input/output stuff though. Still, what a great idea.
I wonder how http://www.roomtoread.org/ would feel about joining forces…
–S
Dec 8th, 2011 / 9:00 am
I guess here’s my answer:
http://www.betterworldbooks.com/info.aspx
excerpt:
“Because we believe that most every book has lasting value and the potential to help change the world, we see our job as helping to find new homes for unwanted books. Thus far, we’ve donated over 5 million books to partner programs around the world. Our five primary literacy partners are Books for Africa, Room to Read, Worldfund, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Invisible Children. Good company, no doubt. ”
Hot damn, then! :)
Dec 8th, 2011 / 9:06 am
:)
Dec 8th, 2011 / 11:59 am
I am a big fan of BWB. I prefer to use them over Amazon etc. because their prices are comparable, service great and I love the idea of helping literary programs via my shopping.
Dec 15th, 2011 / 12:37 am
Great idea, but for the books I’ve checked prices were more than double than those of amazon et al.
I am prepared to pay a premium for a good cause, but not that much of a premium.
Dec 29th, 2011 / 7:35 am