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The feel-good place to buy books! | Books shouldn't cost the earth - and we mean that literally! We offer an affordable, sustainable alternative for bookworms who want to save money and save the planet! So how do we do it? The feel-good place to buy books! Books shouldn't cost the earth - and we mean that literally! We offer an affordable, sustainable alternative for bookworms who want to save money and save the planet! So how do we do it?
We buy books back from customers through Ziffit and Sell Back Your Book and buy bulk excess stock from charities (stock they're unable to sell) through Shopiago. We then sell this to customers through Wob and Second Sale meaning less waste, and more rehomed books! Our story Our Story began in 2002, when a group of book-loving entrepreneurs stumbled upon a bag of books in a charity shop bin, detined for landfill. They rescued them on the spot, determined to give them a second life and World of Books Group was born. Our story | Our Story began in 2002, when a group of book-loving entrepreneurs stumbled upon a bag of books in a charity shop bin, detined for landfill. They rescued them on the spot, determined to give them a second life and World of Books Group was born. Read more about our story here Award-winning | We've been a proud B Corp since 2019. This means we meet the highest standards for environmental and social impact, so you know you're buying from a business that does good! | Find out more about B corp Score here We're now officially carbon neutral! This means we offset all of the carbon we create. Now we're working towards being Net Zero by 2050 We won not one, but two Queen's Awards for Sustainable Development and International Trade and was one of only seven companies to achieve two Queens Awards for Enterprise from a total of over 200 winners Our brands | We have 5 brands that all work together to drive the circular economy. Wob Ziffit Second Sale Sell Back Your Book Shopiago
Impact! | Our impact mission is to help protect the environment, help charities to prosper and provide everyone with affordable access to books Read more in our impact report here ![20 Mob]()Wob Foundation | Proudly supporting 3 new charities! | Read about our new charity here As Seen In As Seen In
Award-winning
We've been a proud B Corp since 2019. This means we meet the highest environmental and social impact standards, so you know you're buying from a business that does good! | Find out more about B corp Score here
We're now officially carbon neutral! This means we offset all of the carbon we create. Now we're working towards being Net Zero by 2050
![Awards section (3)]()We won not one, but two Queen's Awards for Sustainable Development and International Trade and was one of only seven companies to achieve two Queens Awards for Enterprise from a total of over 200 winners
![10](//images.ctfassets.net/fxjn30k1sseo/4PBtY1FdzfwMCKYJEtbfxd/15724d15b30e04cc79b7d9e174669a9a/10.svg)Our brands
Wob
Ziffit
Shopiago
Second Sale
Sell Back Your Book
Impact! Our impact mission is to help protect the environment, help charities to prosper and provide everyone with affordable access to books
Help to protect the environment | 8118 tonnes diverted from waste | 15.8 million books rehomed, thats the equivalent of 516,477 trees saved! | 23.9k tonnes of books sent for responsible recycling | Read more in our impact report here
![19]()Wob Foundation | Proudly supporting 3 new charities! | Read about our new charity here
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