We take donated books from college campuses, libraries, booksellers, and individuals, keeping them out of landfills. Then, through our sales of used and new books and direct donations, we support literacy programs both in the US and around the world.

Triple Bottom Line Social Impact Literacy—it transforms lives Allows people to build successful futures Environmental Impact Keep books out of landfills Carbon balanced e-commerce first: Carbon Neutral Shopping Cart Lowest energy per package via US Postal Service Economic Impact Run a profitable enterprise Create jobs Provide economic development

Literacy Partners

Annual impact of one donation box

Competitors and Risks We have numerous competitors in the bookselling space. Our biggest risk is that a competitor will choose to copy our business model. Our key barrier to entry relative to the triple bottom line space we now occupy is continuing to expand rapidly, so there will be less incentive for a competitor to enter.

We are at an important inflection point in terms of profitability and funding future growth Requesting $2,000,000 in additional funding to: Build our brand identity and brand awareness Increase acquisitions of both new and used books, to allow us to continue to grow aggressively Expand bin donation program—which will have the three-pronged impact of increasing our inventory of books, building our brand awareness, and increasing our customer base as book donors learn about us and become book purchasers Continue to invest in technology which allows us to provide superior customer service and support best practices in inventory management