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And we are proud of it.<\/p>\n<h2>Who are they?<\/h2>\n<p>They are an online American bookseller, and their books are usually donated from libraries and book drives.\u00a0 They are \u2018a for-profit socially minded business that collects and sells books online with each sale generating funds for literacy initiatives around the world\u2019. It started at Notre Dame University in Indiana, US by former college students selling their old textbooks. It now has over 300 employees, working with over 1800 universities and colleges and 3000 library systems. They even have a warehouse at Dunfermline.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Better World Books?<\/h3>\n<p>The idea of Better World Books is we donate the books that we will no longer use and they will sell them. Profits from these sales go to Literacy funds. But what if the books don\u2019t sell? 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