If you’re planning on buying books for anyone this year, and you (and they) appreciate that a used book in good condition is just as good as a new book, BetterWorldBooks.com is great. Their profits go toward improving world literacy, they help keep books out of landfills, and they have an amazing selection of titles. (They do also have some new books; most, however, are used.)

As of today, the company has kept more than 30 million books out of landfills and has raised nearly $7.5 million for global literacy.

And Nov. 6-Nov. 8, they’re offering 15% off an order of three or more books with the code BOOKSTOREDAY09.

A little background about this company:

Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than two million new and used titles in stock, we’re a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.

All books are available with free shipping to any location within the United States (or $3.97 worldwide). And in case you’re concerned about your eco-footprint, every order is shipped carbon neutral with offsets from Carbonfund.org.

Here’s the best part: In addition to selling new titles, Better World Books supports book drives and collects used books and textbooks through a network of over 1,600 college campuses and partnerships with nearly 1,000 libraries nationwide. So far, the company has converted more than 25 million donated books into $6.5 million in funding for literacy and education. In the process, we’ve also diverted more than 13,000 tons of books from landfills.

From the email:

Better World Books
National Bookstore Day - Book Orders 15% Off

Tomorrow November 7th, is National Bookstore Day, a day that we honor all institutions that believe in the value of a book. To celebrate, we'll be doing three things:

1. Lighting ceremonial candles around a pile of bookmarks.
2. Standing in a circle and doing a secret, forbidden dance. But most importantly...
3. Discounting all book orders of at least 3 books, now through Sunday!

Just copy the following code and paste it at when you checkout.

BOOKSTOREDAY09
15% off orders of 3 or more books
(New, Used, Skinny, Thick, whatever!)
Good Nov. 6-8, 2009