2. We take donated books from college campuses, libraries, booksellers, and individuals, keeping them out of landfills.
Then, through our sales of used and new books and direct donations, we support literacy programs both in the US and around the world.

3. Triple Bottom Line Social Impact Literacy—it transforms lives
Allows people to build successful futures
Environmental Impact
Keep books out of landfills
Carbon balanced
e-commerce first: Carbon Neutral Shopping Cart
Lowest energy per package via US Postal Service
Economic Impact
Run a profitable enterprise
Create jobs
Provide economic development

4. Literacy Partners

5. Annual impact of one donation box

6. Competitors and Risks
We have numerous competitors in the bookselling space.
Our biggest risk is that a competitor will choose to copy our business model.
Our key barrier to entry relative to the
triple bottom line space we now occupy is continuing to expand rapidly, so there will be less incentive for a competitor to enter.

7. We are at an important inflection point in terms of profitability and funding future growth
Requesting $2,000,000 in additional funding to:
Build our brand identity and brand awareness
Increase acquisitions of both new and used books, to allow us to continue to grow aggressively
Expand bin donation program—which will have the three-pronged impact of increasing our inventory of books, building our brand awareness, and increasing our customer base as book donors learn about us and become book purchasers
Continue to invest in technology which allows us to provide superior customer service and support best practices in inventory management