Better World Books
Sells new and used books online and helps fund literacy programs worldwide with the proceeds. No shipping fees are charged in the U.S., and every order is shipped carbon-neutral with offsets from CarbonFund.org. Since its founding in 2003, the company has raised over $10 million for libraries and literacy; donated over 5 million books; re-used or recycled over 57 million books and achieved 29,000 tons of carbon offsets through carbon balanced shipping.
2012 STATISTICS
3-year growth:132%
2011 Revenue:$57.3 million
2008 Revenue:$24.7 million
Employees:346
Jobs added, prev. 3 years:69
2012 HONORS
#95
Top 100 Retail Companies
#84
Top 100 Georgia Companies
#77
Atlanta Metro Area
PREVIOUS INC. 5000 RANKINGS
2011
1701
2010
1378
2009
1097
