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'''Better World Books''' is an American online bookseller of used and new books, founded in 2002 by students of the [[University of Notre Dame]], Indiana.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2013/05/04/secrets-of-a-successful-social-enterprise/|title=Secrets of a Successful Social Enterprise| |
'''Better World Books''' is an American online bookseller of used and new books, founded in 2002 by students of the [[University of Notre Dame]], Indiana.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/annefield/2013/05/04/secrets-of-a-successful-social-enterprise/|title=Secrets of a Successful Social Enterprise|work=Forbes|accessdate=September 18, 2013|author=Anne Field|date=May 4, 2013}}</ref> |
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Better World Books' used book inventory comes primarily from regular book drives at over 1,800 colleges and universities and donations from over 3,000 library systems, in addition to donation boxes found on corners and on college campuses.<ref name="Huffington Post">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristi-york-wooten/love-to-read-help-kids-wh_b_927110.html|title=Can Buying a Book Help Kids and the Environment?|author=Kristi York Wooten|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> The company has distribution warehouses in [[Mishawaka|Mishawaka, Indiana]]; [[Reno, Nevada]]; and [[Dunfermline]], [[Scotland]].<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="SouthBend Tribune">{{cite web|url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-05-26/business/39544178_1_better-world-books-xavier-helgesen-kreece-fuchs|title=A decade's worth of doing good|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=May 26, 2013|publisher=SouthBend Tribune|author=Gene Stowe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010144050/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-05-26/business/39544178_1_better-world-books-xavier-helgesen-kreece-fuchs|archive-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="reno">{{cite news|url=http://www.rgj.com/story/money/business/2016/01/14/better-world-books-opens-reno-distribution-center-bringing-100-jobs/78802276/|title=Better World Books opens Reno distribution center, bringing 150 jobs|author=Jason Hidalgo|date=January 14, 2016|accessdate=January 11, 2017|newspaper=[[Reno Gazette-Journal]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]}}</ref> |
Better World Books' used book inventory comes primarily from regular book drives at over 1,800 colleges and universities and donations from over 3,000 library systems, in addition to donation boxes found on corners and on college campuses.<ref name="Huffington Post">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristi-york-wooten/love-to-read-help-kids-wh_b_927110.html|title=Can Buying a Book Help Kids and the Environment?|author=Kristi York Wooten|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> The company has distribution warehouses in [[Mishawaka|Mishawaka, Indiana]]; [[Reno, Nevada]]; and [[Dunfermline]], [[Scotland]].<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="SouthBend Tribune">{{cite web|url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-05-26/business/39544178_1_better-world-books-xavier-helgesen-kreece-fuchs|title=A decade's worth of doing good|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=May 26, 2013|publisher=SouthBend Tribune|author=Gene Stowe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010144050/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2013-05-26/business/39544178_1_better-world-books-xavier-helgesen-kreece-fuchs|archive-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="reno">{{cite news|url=http://www.rgj.com/story/money/business/2016/01/14/better-world-books-opens-reno-distribution-center-bringing-100-jobs/78802276/|title=Better World Books opens Reno distribution center, bringing 150 jobs|author=Jason Hidalgo|date=January 14, 2016|accessdate=January 11, 2017|newspaper=[[Reno Gazette-Journal]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]}}</ref> |
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In 2001, shortly after their graduation from the [[University of Notre Dame]], Better World Books founders Christopher Fuchs, Xavier Helgesen and Jeff Kurtzman sold their used college textbooks online.<ref name="CNN Living">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/07/01/mainstreet.books/index.html|title=Building better world a book at a time|publisher=CNN|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=July 2, 2009|author=Stephanie Elam}}</ref><ref name="Notre Dame Business">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nd.edu/~ndbizmag/winter2008/betterWorldBooks.shtml|title=Book Value|author=Elizabeth Station|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=Winter 2008|publisher=Notre Dame Business|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414025119/http://www3.nd.edu/~ndbizmag/winter2008/betterWorldBooks.shtml|archivedate=April 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2011/08/19/doing-good-doing-well.html?page=all|title=Doing good, doing well|author=Doug DeLoach|publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=August 19, 2011}}</ref> The three then formulated a business plan using their experience selling books online.<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> In 2002, Fuchs and Helgesen held a book drive benefiting the Robinson Community Learning Center in [[South Bend, Indiana]].<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> During the drive, they collected and sold 2,000 books, which raised $10,000.<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> Half of the drive’s proceeds went to support literacy initiatives at the community center.<ref name="Forbes"/> |
In 2001, shortly after their graduation from the [[University of Notre Dame]], Better World Books founders Christopher Fuchs, Xavier Helgesen and Jeff Kurtzman sold their used college textbooks online.<ref name="CNN Living">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/07/01/mainstreet.books/index.html|title=Building better world a book at a time|publisher=CNN|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=July 2, 2009|author=Stephanie Elam}}</ref><ref name="Notre Dame Business">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nd.edu/~ndbizmag/winter2008/betterWorldBooks.shtml|title=Book Value|author=Elizabeth Station|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=Winter 2008|publisher=Notre Dame Business|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414025119/http://www3.nd.edu/~ndbizmag/winter2008/betterWorldBooks.shtml|archivedate=April 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2011/08/19/doing-good-doing-well.html?page=all|title=Doing good, doing well|author=Doug DeLoach|publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=August 19, 2011}}</ref> The three then formulated a business plan using their experience selling books online.<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> In 2002, Fuchs and Helgesen held a book drive benefiting the Robinson Community Learning Center in [[South Bend, Indiana]].<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> During the drive, they collected and sold 2,000 books, which raised $10,000.<ref name="CNN Living"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref name="Atlanta Business Chronicle"/> Half of the drive’s proceeds went to support literacy initiatives at the community center.<ref name="Forbes"/> |
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In 2003, the three entered their business plan into the Notre Dame Social Venture Business Plan Competition, which was sponsored by the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Notre Dame's [[Mendoza College of Business]].<ref name="Notre Dame Business"/> They won the competition, with a grand prize of $7,000 and mentorship from entrepreneur and IrishAngel David Murphy.<ref name="Notre Dame Business"/> Murphy served as Better World Books president and CEO from 2004–2011, before leaving to direct Notre Dame's Master of Entrepreneurship program (ESTEEM).<ref name="SouthBend Tribune"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref>{{cite web|title=David Murphy Biography|url=http://esteem.nd.edu/about-master-of-entrepreneurship-program/staff-directory/david-murphy-biography/|website= ESTEEM (Engineering, Science & |
In 2003, the three entered their business plan into the Notre Dame Social Venture Business Plan Competition, which was sponsored by the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Notre Dame's [[Mendoza College of Business]].<ref name="Notre Dame Business"/> They won the competition, with a grand prize of $7,000 and mentorship from entrepreneur and IrishAngel David Murphy.<ref name="Notre Dame Business"/> Murphy served as Better World Books president and CEO from 2004–2011, before leaving to direct Notre Dame's Master of Entrepreneurship program (ESTEEM).<ref name="SouthBend Tribune"/><ref name="Notre Dame Business"/><ref>{{cite web|title=David Murphy Biography|url=http://esteem.nd.edu/about-master-of-entrepreneurship-program/staff-directory/david-murphy-biography/|website= ESTEEM (Engineering, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence Master's Program). esteem.nd.edu|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> |
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Better World Books acquired a [[Small Business Administration|US Small Business Administration]]-backed credit line in 2004.<ref name="CNN Living"/> In April 2008, Better World Books secured an additional $4.5 million in [[venture capital]] via Good Capital, LLC and 18 private investors.<ref name="CS Wire">{{cite web|url=http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/15390 |title = Good-Capital-s-Social-Enterprise-Expansion-Fund-to-Invest-Up-to-2-5-Million-in-Better-World-Books|accessdate =July 17, 2014|date=April 7, 2008|author=Good Capital, LLC}}</ref> |
Better World Books acquired a [[Small Business Administration|US Small Business Administration]]-backed credit line in 2004.<ref name="CNN Living"/> In April 2008, Better World Books secured an additional $4.5 million in [[venture capital]] via Good Capital, LLC and 18 private investors.<ref name="CS Wire">{{cite web|url=http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/15390 |title = Good-Capital-s-Social-Enterprise-Expansion-Fund-to-Invest-Up-to-2-5-Million-in-Better-World-Books|accessdate =July 17, 2014|date=April 7, 2008|author=Good Capital, LLC}}</ref> |
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* [[Books for Africa]]—which collects, ships and distributes books to African children.<ref name="Forbes"/> |
* [[Books for Africa]]—which collects, ships and distributes books to African children.<ref name="Forbes"/> |
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* [[National center for family literacy|The National Center for Family Literacy]]—which provides educational opportunities and literacy programs to at-risk children and families.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="New York Times4">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/news/when-parents-and-children-go-to-school-together.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=When Parents and Children Go to School Together|author=Michel Marriott| |
* [[National center for family literacy|The National Center for Family Literacy]]—which provides educational opportunities and literacy programs to at-risk children and families.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="New York Times4">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/news/when-parents-and-children-go-to-school-together.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=When Parents and Children Go to School Together|author=Michel Marriott|work=New York Times|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=August 21, 1991}}</ref> |
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* [[Room to Read]]—which builds libraries and schools and provides scholarships in impoverished areas of the world, including Southeast Asia.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="New York Times5">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/kristof-his-libraries-12000-so-far-change-lives.html?_r=0|title=His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives|author=Nicholas D. Kristof| |
* [[Room to Read]]—which builds libraries and schools and provides scholarships in impoverished areas of the world, including Southeast Asia.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="New York Times5">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/kristof-his-libraries-12000-so-far-change-lives.html?_r=0|title=His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives|author=Nicholas D. Kristof|work=New York Times|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=November 5, 2011}}</ref> Room to Read also publishes books for children in multiple languages.<ref name="New York Times5"/> |
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* [[Worldfund]]—which provides resources to improve English-language skills in Latin America.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="Dartmouth News">{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2007/06/21.html|title=Dartmouth-based partnership aims to help English teaching in Latin America|author=Rebecca Bailey|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=June 21, 2007|publisher=Dartmouth News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606012316/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2007/06/21.html|archive-date=June 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* [[Worldfund]]—which provides resources to improve English-language skills in Latin America.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="Dartmouth News">{{cite web|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2007/06/21.html|title=Dartmouth-based partnership aims to help English teaching in Latin America|author=Rebecca Bailey|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=June 21, 2007|publisher=Dartmouth News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606012316/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2007/06/21.html|archive-date=June 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* Prison Book Project—a [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]-based nonprofit, which provides inmates with books and legal resources.<ref name=JSONS>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsons.org/boston/prison-book-program-collects-books-for-prisoners-nationwide-1.2506897#.UjntZhb4vph|title=Prison Book Program collects books for prisoners nationwide|author=Jamie Reysen|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=October 1, 2009|publisher=JSONS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215552/http://www.jsons.org/boston/prison-book-program-collects-books-for-prisoners-nationwide-1.2506897#.UjntZhb4vph|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Boston.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2010/11/the_great_american_book_drive.html|title=The Great American Book Drive|accessdate=September 18, 2013|author=Dara Olmsted|publisher=Boston|date=November 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 16, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416004925/http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2010/11/the_great_american_book_drive.html}}</ref><ref name="Boston.com2">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/quincy/articles/2012/06/10/quincys_prison_book_program_celebrates_40_years_of_sending_reading_761436material_to_inmates/|title=Helping inmates roam world of words|publisher=Boston|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=June 10, 2012|author=Emily Sweeney}}</ref> |
* Prison Book Project—a [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]-based nonprofit, which provides inmates with books and legal resources.<ref name=JSONS>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsons.org/boston/prison-book-program-collects-books-for-prisoners-nationwide-1.2506897#.UjntZhb4vph|title=Prison Book Program collects books for prisoners nationwide|author=Jamie Reysen|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=October 1, 2009|publisher=JSONS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215552/http://www.jsons.org/boston/prison-book-program-collects-books-for-prisoners-nationwide-1.2506897#.UjntZhb4vph|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Boston.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2010/11/the_great_american_book_drive.html|title=The Great American Book Drive|accessdate=September 18, 2013|author=Dara Olmsted|publisher=Boston|date=November 5, 2010|url-status=dead|archivedate=April 16, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416004925/http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2010/11/the_great_american_book_drive.html}}</ref><ref name="Boston.com2">{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/quincy/articles/2012/06/10/quincys_prison_book_program_celebrates_40_years_of_sending_reading_761436material_to_inmates/|title=Helping inmates roam world of words|publisher=Boston|accessdate=September 18, 2013|date=June 10, 2012|author=Emily Sweeney}}</ref> |
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Company type | Private B Corporation |
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Industry | Online bookseller |
Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Christopher “Kreece” Fuchs Xavier Helgesen Jeff Kurtzman |
Headquarters | Mishawaka, Indiana, US |
Revenue | $65 million[1] |
Number of employees | 340[1] |
Parent | Better World Libraries ![]() |
Website | betterworldbooks |
Better World Books is an American online bookseller of used and new books, founded in 2002 by students of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.[1]
Better World Books' used book inventory comes primarily from regular book drives at over 1,800 colleges and universities and donations from over 3,000 library systems, in addition to donation boxes found on corners and on college campuses.[2] The company has distribution warehouses in Mishawaka, Indiana; Reno, Nevada; and Dunfermline, Scotland.[1][3][4]
In 2001, shortly after their graduation from the University of Notre Dame, Better World Books founders Christopher Fuchs, Xavier Helgesen and Jeff Kurtzman sold their used college textbooks online.[5][6][7] The three then formulated a business plan using their experience selling books online.[5][6][7] In 2002, Fuchs and Helgesen held a book drive benefiting the Robinson Community Learning Center in South Bend, Indiana.[5][6][7] During the drive, they collected and sold 2,000 books, which raised $10,000.[5][6][7] Half of the drive’s proceeds went to support literacy initiatives at the community center.[1]
In 2003, the three entered their business plan into the Notre Dame Social Venture Business Plan Competition, which was sponsored by the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.[6] They won the competition, with a grand prize of $7,000 and mentorship from entrepreneur and IrishAngel David Murphy.[6] Murphy served as Better World Books president and CEO from 2004–2011, before leaving to direct Notre Dame's Master of Entrepreneurship program (ESTEEM).[3][6][8]
Better World Books acquired a US Small Business Administration-backed credit line in 2004.[5] In April 2008, Better World Books secured an additional $4.5 million in venture capital via Good Capital, LLC and 18 private investors.[9]
In 2008, the company opened an operation in Dunfermline, Scotland, and started a UK website in 2010.[10][11][12][13][14] In 2016, the company opened a new distribution center in Reno, Nevada, creating 150 new jobs.[4]
The non-profit B Lab has certified "Better World Books" as a "B corporation", meaning it meets certain standards for social welfare, because it donates books or a percentage of its profit to literacy programs around the world.[15] As of 2013, the company had donated an estimated $14 million under this program.[1]
In March 2019, Better World Books announced the closure of their last retail location in Goshen, Indiana. The decision has been made in order for the organisation to improve its e-commerce operations and reach more people.[16]
The company discloses information about funds raised, books re-used or recycled, and books donated in a ticker at the top of its website.[17][18] As of 2019, Better World Books handles about 30 million incoming books per year, of which 10 gets sold and 10 donated to partners.
On November 6, 2019, Better World Books was acquired by Better World Libraries, a mission-aligned, not-for-profit organization that is affiliated with longtime partner, the Internet Archive. The plan is to digitize many more books and put them online.[19] Between July 2019 and March 2020, Better World Books donated over 700 thousand books (counted by distinct ISBN) to the Internet Archive.[20]
Better World Books donates one book to Feed the Children, Books for Africa, or smaller donation recipients for each book sold on BetterWorldBooks.com.[21][22] Better World Books provides additional support to literacy non-profits, including:
ia search -f isbn "collection:bookdonationsfrombetterworldbooks" | jq ".isbn | .[]" | cut -f2 -d'"' | sort -u | grep -c ^978 761436