Better World Books and Alibris Join Forces to Bring More Used Books to a Wider Audience

ATLANTA, GA (September 19, 2009) - Better World Books announces today its partnership with Alibris, the online marketplace for independent sellers of new and used books. The partnership makes the inventory of Alibris' extensive network of booksellers available through the www.BetterWorldBooks.com website, expanding Better World Books consumers' choices to more titles than ever before. Better World Books, a for-profit venture, collects and sells new and used books online, donating a percentage of each sale to help fund literacy initiatives worldwide.

"Alibris and Better World Books have a shared vision when it comes to finding new homes for used books," said Brian Elliott, President and CEO of Alibris. "By partnering with Better World Books, we have the opportunity to attract even more people to the vast selection of titles offered by our 12,000 independent booksellers, bringing books to even more book lovers around the world."

The addition draws on Alibris' marketplace of 100 million used, new, and out-of-print books, combining a majority of its inventory with the three million books available in Better World's Mishawaka, Indiana warehouse. Like every other book purchased from Better World, titles sold from one of Alibris' booksellers fund high-impact literacy programs in the USA and around the world. Funding benefits Better World Books' non-profit literacy partners including the National Center for Family Literacy, Books for Africa, Invisible Children, Room to Read and Worldfund.

"Alibris is well-known and respected throughout the used book industry, and it is a pleasure to work alongside them," David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books said. "We're very happy to help our customers and the Alibris booksellers come together for an even more far-reaching exchange of used books."

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ABOUT BETTER WORLD BOOKS
Better World Books (www.BetterWorldBooks.com) is a for-profit social enterprise that collects and sells books online with each sale generating funds for literacy initiatives in the U.S. and around the world. With more than three million new and used titles in stock, Better World Books is a self-sustaining company that balances the social, economic and environmental values of its stakeholders. Better World Books diverts books from landfills by conducting book drives on 1,800 college campuses, and by collecting discards from over 1,800 libraries nationwide. Since its founding in 2003, the Mishawaka, Ind.-based company has raised over $7 million for its non-profit literacy, library and college partners; donated over 1.3 million college textbooks; diverted more than 25 million pounds of books from landfills; achieved over 9,000 tons of carbon offsets through carbon-neutral shipping, and created more than 200 full-time jobs with meaningful benefits.

ABOUT ALIBRIS
Alibris is the premier online marketplace for independent sellers of new and used books, music, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles. Read more about us.