A social impact company that takes unwanted books (e.g., from college book drives, libraries) and sells them online (Amazon, eBay, own website) to raise money for literacy programs and libraries. It addresses the problem of surplus books and funding needs for social causes.
Opportunity7.7
Why now
Continued demand for affordable educational resources, growth of online shopping, increasing awareness of sustainability and social responsibility, and ongoing funding needs for literacy programs.
Market gap
An efficient, large-scale, and social-impact driven solution for the collection, redistribution, and monetization of unwanted books to fund literacy and support libraries.
Business fit
Type
E-commerce / Logistics / Social Enterprise
Target
Readers looking for affordable books, students (textbooks), libraries and institutions with surplus books, literacy programs in need of funding.
Revenue
Well over a billion dollars in aggregate sales. Individual partnerships (e.g., New York Public Library) can generate $2.5 million annually.
Founder
Entrepreneur with strong operational skills, a drive for social impact, and the ability to build and maintain large-scale partnerships.
Scores
Problem
9.0
Feasibility
7.0
Why now
7.0
Go-to-market
5.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
Company sold over a billion dollars worth of books in aggregate.
New York Public Library account alone generated $2.5 million/year.
Helped Chegg get off the ground through a joint venture, demonstrating industry relevance.
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
Used books
110,000/mo
-18% YoY
E-commerce
110,000/mo
-33% YoY
Social impact
3,600/mo
-19% YoY
Literacy programs
1,000/mo
-47% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
i founded a company called better world books that's a social impact company so the idea is it um raises money for literacy um and for libraries um by taking the on-run books of the world and selling them on the internet