Better World Impact

As a consumer, your choices reverberate around the world. The global citizens that shop with BetterWorldBooks.com build positive change. With every purchase, a little more funding goes toward literacy, and boy does it add up fast. See below for metrics on on our social, environmental, and economic impact.

• Collected over 16.4 million books through active book drives at over 1800 colleges and universities and collections from over 1400 libraries
• Raised over $3.1 million for over 80 literacy and education non-profit organizations, including:
  • More than $1.6 million for Books for Africa
  • More than $301,000 for Room to Read
  • More than $354,000 for the National Center for Family Literacy
  • More than $45,000 for Worldfund
  • More than $85,000 for the Robinson Community Learning Center
  • More than $465,000 for additional literacy partners
• Raised over $75,000 for the New Orleans Public Library Foundation
• Raised more than $2.1 million for libraries and thrift stores nationwide
• Contributed more than $1.2 million for college service clubs who have run book drives
• Directly sent more than 1 million books to Books for Africa, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Feed the Children
• Established Better World Books Fund to finance specific shipments through Books for Africa – more information coming soon!

• Saved over 8,170 tons of books from landfills
• Reclaimed more than 680,000 pounds of metal shelving from libraries across the United States
• 4,720 tons of carbon offset on BetterWorldBooks.com sales

• Created over 218 full-time jobs (with full benefits) and revitalized a dormant packaging plant in an industrial center located in Northern Indiana