SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--June 27, 2006--BlueRectangle.com, a new online book-buying website, helps college students make money from their unwanted books. BlueRectangle.com buys textbooks and other books that are in at least "very good" condition, and they are always open and always buying.
"We've made the process as simple and easy-to-use as possible," said Michael Johnson, co-founder of BlueRectangle.com. "We provide an 800 number for fast customer service, and we try to buy the most variety of books possible. We've been fortunate to have many customers refer friends and sell to us over and over again."
It takes just three easy steps to sell books to BlueRectangle.com:
1) Enter the books' International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs).
2) Receive an instant online purchase offer (or decline).
3) Ship the requested books; BlueRectangle.com pays for the postage via its merchandise return label.
BlueRectangle.com pays the customer within one to three business days of opening a customer's shipment.
"It's an online alternative to taking books to used bookstores and selling them back," Johnson said.
Other types of books BlueRectangle.com is more likely to buy are text books and non-fiction (Business, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, How-to, Spirituality, Cookbooks, Biographies, Reference, Crafts, Politics, Hobbies, Home & Garden, etc.) Generally, the narrower the subject niche, the better. More recently published books are accepted more often.
About BlueRectangle.com
Michael Johnson and Joy Johnson, co-founders of BlueRectangle.com, an offshoot of their book company the Pacific Book Exchange LLC, started their family business in their garage in 1997. Since then, the business has grown to 15 employees, utilizing 30,000 square feet of warehouse space. Pacific Book Exchange's eBay store (FreeBookShipping.com) is the 15th largest store of any kind on eBay and the third largest eBay anchor store in the books category. Today, it offers 220,000 books online. Pacific Book Exchange has recycled over 1 million pounds of obsolete or damaged books, saving 11,000 trees. Also, it has donated over 40,000 children's books in the last two years to the Children's Book Project, as well as donated books (over 40,000 books) to local East Bay, California high school and boys and girls clubs.
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