ThriftBooks was founded in 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The company’s main focus is on selling used books, however, it also sells CDs, DVDs, audiotapes, and video games.
The company states that it has sold more than 165 million books since it opened for business.
Since 2004, it has partnered with libraries, which provide unsorted books and get a share of the profits.
The company is popular among book collectors and avid readers since it is one of the few booksellers that is not affiliated with Amazon.
As of January 2022, the company offers free shipping on orders that exceed $15, which is far less than Amazon’s required $25 for free shipping.
In June 2020, due to the coronavirus, many locations that accepted used books were closed. ThriftBooks began creating book drop-off boxes where people could safely leave their donated books.
ThriftBooks opened a 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) processing center in Phoenix in 2021 that created 150 new jobs.
In September 2021, the company donated 30,000 books to support Orion Jean’s Race to Kindness Book Drive.
ThriftBooks maintains a corporate office in Tukwila, Washington.
ThriftBooks was founded in 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The company’s main focus is on selling used books, however, it also sells CDs, DVDs, audiotapes, and video games.
The company states that it has sold more than 165 million books since it opened for business.
Since 2004, it has partnered with libraries, which provide unsorted books and get a share of the profits.
History
The company is popular among book collectors and avid readers since it is one of the few booksellers that is not affiliated with Amazon.
As of January 2022, the company offers free shipping on orders that exceed $15, which is far less than Amazon’s required $25 for free shipping.
In June 2020, due to the coronavirus, many locations that accepted used books were closed. ThriftBooks began creating book drop-off boxes where people could safely leave their donated books.
ThriftBooks opened a 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) processing center in Phoenix in 2021 that created 150 new jobs.
In September 2021, the company donated 30,000 books to support Orion Jean’s Race to Kindness Book Drive.
ThriftBooks maintains a corporate office in Tukwila, Washington.