BetterWorld is a for-profit social enterprise that collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than three million new and used titles in stock, Better World Books is a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that balances the social, economic and environmental values of its stakeholders.

It was founded in 2002 by three friends from the University of Notre Dame who started selling textbooks online to earn some money, and ended up forming a pioneering social enterprise — a business with a mission to promote literacy.

BetterWorld collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than six million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.

BetterWorld is not a traditional company with an add-on “cause” component. Social and environmental responsibility is at the core of our business. You could say it’s in our DNA.

BetterWorld is breaking new ground in online bookselling. We believe that education and access to books are basic human rights. That’s why books sold on BetterWorldBooks.com help fund high-impact literacy projects in the United States and around the world.

Every book purchased from BetterWorld contributes to individual literacy throughout the world and the promise of a better life. Clearly, we can’t do this work without our customers. That’s why we’re so passionate about trying to offer the best price, selection, customer service, and overall shopping experience.

Our speedy shipping team is one of the most efficient in the business, making it difficult to cancel orders once placed. However, if you need to cancel an order please let us know as soon as possible by sending us an email at help@BetterWorld.com. In most cases your order will already be on its way, but we’ll do our best to catch it before it goes from our shelf to yours.

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