Why Sell Your Used Books on NearbyReads?
Bringing Locality Back in an Increasingly Global, Digital World
The world is becoming increasingly digital, and globalized. While there are benefits to global commerce, globalized commerce has trampled over local commerce and left the benefits of locality in the dust, a means of commerce that offers qualities globalized commerce can't.
NearbyReads is here to offer a new take on localized commerce with a focus on books. NearbyReads is:
Focused Exclusively on Local
Major online bmarketplaces for new and used books focus on national and international sales. We're taking a different approach by focusing exclusively on local buying, selling and discovery.
Focused Exclusively on Books
Marketplaces that focus on locality tend to service an large assortment of goods, often being preferred places for high-dollar items. As a result, they do not optimize their platforms for the needs of readers and book enthusiasts.
Reducing Middlemen and Enabling Savings for Book Buyers
Access hundreds of books without buying them all. Share the cost of reading with your community.
Eco-Friendly
End-of-life recycling for books is very challenging. Our goal is to help reduce waste by giving books multiple lives. One book can bring joy to dozens of readers.
Helping Build and Rebuild Local Relationships
Meet fellow readers in your area. Share recommendations, discover new favorites all within arms reach.
Enabling Same-Day Purchases Without Middlemen
One key benefit of locality is that the buyers are nearby. The result can be a transaction same-day with no middlemen involved, waiting or costs like shipping, taxes and fees.
Offering an Additional Channel to Sell Inventory for Businesses
For brick-and-mortar retail locations that stock used books tend to suffer from a surplus of inventory and not enough opportunities to introduce it to prospective buyers. NearbyReads serves as a new channel to introduce local buyers to new local retailers.
Decluttering & Freeing Up Space in Homes
Free up shelf space while ensuring your books continue to be loved and read by others.
A Believer in Small Tech
We believe in a simple, streightforward digital experience for buyers and sellers.
Our Values
- Community First: We believe in the power of local connections and neighborhood bonds.
- Sustainability: Every shared book is a step toward a more sustainable future.
- Accessibility: Reading should be accessible to everyone, regardless of budget.
- Trust & Safety: We prioritize creating a safe, trustworthy platform for all users.
- Sovereignty: We prioritize digital and personal sovereignty. Physical media and ownership is the greatest demonstration of those values.
- Self-Governance: NearbyReads is here to empower people to manage their relationships with their neighbors without excessive mediation, moderation and guidance. Our goal is to be the platform by which people connect on and the relationships formed belong to the individuals connecting.
- Simplicity: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius