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» Monday, May 12, 2008
Posted by Jack Hanlon, CBO & Evangelist

Here are links of some of the latest love from the last two weeks for Better World Books!

- Best Green Blog post re: The upcoming Chicago Green Festival
"Better World Books and Green Festival are partnering to offer $5 off Green Festival admission to attendees who bring in 3 or more books. Your donated books will be sold on BetterWorld.com to help fund girls’ scholarships in developing countries in Asia through Room to Read. www.roomtoread.org..."

-Hippo Press post re: De-cluttering
"The Nashua Public Library works with www.betterworld.com. Their blog (which recently had an entry about clutter which conveniently lists several books about de-cluttering at blogs.nashualibrary.org/reference/)"

- Southern Vibrations post re: Learning Spanish
"My trip to Spain is in August. Here’s how I’m learning the language: ...Fifth, I bought the Dos Mundos textbook from Betterworld.com for less than $10 and have been studying that a lot."

- Sub Ratio post re: Amazon Unlinked
"I was aware of the issue regarding smaller publishers that Halden refers to before his post and this, coupled with the poor customer service I have received from them of late has meant Amazon are no longer my first port of call when buying books... recommended sites of purchase:
- The book’s publisher (where applicable)
- Abe - This is a really good online marketplace of 2nd hand retailers searchable by bookseller location.
Better World Books - I have purchased through these a number of times

- Syerubi re: Adorable Af(f)ordable
"Um.. so, I know some people 'round these parts are big book fans! I was just searching through Howard County Library's website and found this place that donates a lot of money to them: https://www.betterworld.com/index.aspx

They seem like a reputable company, and the shipping's free, and they claim that you're helping education/the environment/the kidz who can't read good when you buy from them. Ugh, who wants to do that? So, I ordered a book! Yay for helping!"

- Rollins Rundown re: Better World Books
"Last week I ordered some used books from BetterWorld Books. Basically, they sell used and new books and the profits go to fund literacy programs around the world. I bought 5 board books for the tykes and 4 books for me, all for $3.48 a book. Yep, I got 9 books for less than 35 bucks. AND, shipping within the US is FREE -- including APO addresses. Otherwise, worldwide it's about $3 a book...

I love this site!"

Posted by Jack on 5/12/2008 UTC
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