Making the world a better place with Better World Books

By Never Shopped Out on Jun 12, 2008 in NSO Loves

I love to read. And I read really really quickly, so getting books for a good price is a high priority for me. When your reading 2-3 books per week, you can’t afford to just head to the local bookshop. So imagine my excitement when I recently came across a fantastic US based site that costs….wait for it…$US3.97 to ship books to Australia!

Making the world a better place with Better World Books
Betterworld.com started as a group of friends selling textbooks to earn some extra money. Since then it’s evolved into a new type of eco-conscious book seller. In addition to selling brand new books, they also source secondhand books from a variety of networks and then the profits from these donated books are put towards supporting literacy projects around the world.

Even their shipping leaves a carbon neutral footprint! Now, I can’t comment too much on the secondhand side of things, because the three books I searched for were all out of used stock. But it’s easy enough to see which books are secondhand, as the your search is returned in three tabs – one which shows the new books, the secondhand books and one tab which shows all books regardless of whether they are new or secondhand.

As for the new books, I found the pricing to be pretty much inline with Amazon.com (i.e. a lot cheaper than in Australia for non-bestsellers) which is where I tend to do my US book shopping. Where I think Betterworld.com is now a better choice for me comes straight down to the shipping costs: Betterworld charges a flat rate of $US3.97 per book to Australia
Amazon charges $4.99 per shipment plus $4.99US per item for new books and I believe the marketplace is similar pricing, although I have to be honest and say I’ve never used it.

I did a few more searches on some of the more random books I’ve had trouble tracking down any place other than Amazon, and managed to find them on Betterworld.com, so therefore I officially have a new favourite book site! Betterworld.com accepts Paypal and Credit Card payments.

You can also use the discount code BWEVENT0708 for 20% off before June 30 (full kudos to the Ozbargain community for sourcing that discount code)

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About the Author

Here at Never Shopped Out, we’re total shopping addicts, always following the shopping motto (lifted from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, snaps to Mad-Eye Moody) – Constant Vigilance. Like all sports, shopping requires hard work and dedication – plus a few tips here and there! Kellie, Site Owner and Original Shopaholic owns, maintains and runs Never Shopped Out in her spare time whilst spending time shopping out and about in Melbourne, Australia.

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  • About Never Shopped Out

    Here at Never Shopped Out, we’re total shopping addicts, always following the shopping motto (lifted from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, snaps to Mad-Eye Moody) – Constant Vigilance. Like all sports, shopping requires hard work and dedication – plus a few tips here and there! [more]

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