Sell or liquidate your surplus books

Schools, bookstores, and school districts all over the U.S. give their books a second home with BooksUnited — we collect them timely, as-is, and in an environmentally friendly way.

Schedule pick-up
Surplus and unneeded books chaotically piled in a school warehouse

Check available pickup dates in your area

And get a 6-month pick-up schedule over email.

Free up space for
new
books in 2 days

We accept all the books you have in the inventory: textbooks, fiction books, and professional literature.

We pick up books starting from just one box and can fill full trucks with them. Let us know the size of the load and enjoy more free space in a matter of days.

Yes, we need your textbooks and weeded library books!

Bring your old books
back
into circulation

Stop sending perfectly good books to landfills. They can get a second life. BooksUnited redistributes and donates all the books after thorough inspection and repairment. Only after we have tried our best to find a new home for them, we consider recycling.

33,500

books repaired

1,000

trees planted

5 million

pounds recycled

Afterward, every school gets a personalized report with the trajectory of their surplus books.

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Old surplus books waiting for sorting and liquidation
Manager calculates savings received through selling overstock books

Turn your books
into funds

An average school loses from $3,000 to $10,000 yearly by not taking advantage of their textbook surplus. Let's change it — as soon as your textbooks arrive at our warehouse, we will properly evaluate them and send you a check. No, you don't need to wait till the books are sold. Also, did we say the shipping is always free?

Free

shipping
and packing materials

45%

from the original
book costs returned
Calculate your savings

Custom pick-up
solutions

While organizing pick-ups and shippings, we accommodate your facility specifications and time requirements.

Liftgates, book boxes, shrink wraps, and palettes provided for free will make the process a breeze. Our extensive partnership network will make the process three times faster* with no additional costs.

*compared to classical recycling approach

2-day

removal
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Facility manager packs boxes with out of adoption and surplus textbooks
Bookstore manager carries a $200 voucher that she got in return for  their overstock books
Bookstore manager carries a $200 voucher that she got in return for  their overstock books
Send your surplus now
and get guaranteed $200 back

Arrange the surplus pick-up for at least one palette now. We accept books in any condition.

I’m interested

Multitask and get
everything
done
without busy work

Immediately available warehouse space and up-to-date inventory versus warehouse overfilled with surplus and overstock books

Available funds for new purchases; handling and storage costs economy versus frozen budget in a deadstock

Immediate removal of your assets versus sorting and recycling books with limited manpower and warehouse space

Data-driven sustainability reporting with books brought back in circulation versus being thrown into landfill
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One stop for every school representative

Librarian attends a meeting
Environmental manager orders book recycling service over the phone
Bookstore manager carries purchasing paperwork
Facility manager carries surplus liquidation documents
Librarian
Env manager
Bookstore manager
Facility manager

Optimise your weeding process

Finish your weeding process with an easy and immediate surplus removal. We need your library books, both dated and "well-loved."

I have surplus books

Support sustainability

Make sure every book gets a new home and second life instead of going to waste. We redistribute as much as we can, repair and recycle the rest. You get the final report on "where the books went" for your reporting purposes.

I have surplus books

Sell overstock books with a good ROI

Sell your overstock or deadstock to us in bulk and get funds for new purchases. No extra operations hours to publish each book on a marketplace.

I have surplus books

Remove surplus with greater efficiency

Get available space sooner without any extra work—no pushing your inventory to public auctions, searching for local drop-offs, or coordinating multiple pick-ups.

I have surplus books

Customers speak

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Buffy Bateman, Principal's Secretary Allen Park, MI
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Derek Rosol, Assistant Buyer Pittsburgh, PA
High school math teacher
High School Math Teacher Sammamish, WA
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Buffy Bateman, Principal's Secretary Allen Park, MI
Great company and customer service

‘Selling unused school books was easy and communication was great.’

Principal's Secretary, Allen Park Public Schools

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Derek Rosol, Assistant Buyer Pittsburgh, PA
Strong communication

‘Excellent customer service. Ease of shipping. Cost savings.’

Assistant Buyer, University of Pittsburgh

High school math teacher
High School Math Teacher Sammamish, WA
Your organization handled this transaction with efficiency and professionalism

‘Thanks so much for picking up our surplus math books! All went very smoothly with the pick-up; the driver had a lift on his truck which I had forgotten to ask about (since we do not have one here). Your organization handled this transaction with efficiency and professionalism. I will definitely keep your contact information if we need to surplus educational items in the future. Thank you for your help.’

Math Teacher, Private High School

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