Ethical Book Search

What is Ethical Book Search?

You would prefer not to spend your money on a company that avoids paying taxes, or treats the people who work for them badly, or is damaging the environment.

We make this as easy as possible for you by recommending book sellers who are much more responsible than some of their less reputable competitors and enabling you to search them all with one click.

Which booksellers do we search?

In the UK we search Awesome Books, Better World Books, Biblio, Books Etc., Daunt Books, ebooks, Oxfam, The Guardian Bookshop, The Works, World of Books and xigxag for the book you want.

These booksellers are not perfect but they have much better records than many of their competitors. They:

• Are B-Corporations which are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment and/or...
• Have scored well in Ethical Consumer's Offer Guide which surveys the social and environmental records of these companies.

Awesome Books is based in the UK and is committed to supporting literacy and sustainability.

• Scored ⁶⁰/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• Donates a book for every book you buy

Better World Books is a certified B-Corporation based in the US and sells both new and second hand books. It is a for-profit social enterprise and is committed to supporting literacy. Every time you purchase a book from Better World Books they donate a book to someone in need and they also give grants to non-profits and libraries for literacy projects.

• B-corporation supporting literacy
• Scored ⁶³/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• They donate a book for every book you buy

a market place for local bookshops to sell world-wide.

• Scored ⁶⁵/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• Works with local bookshops
• Carbon neutral shipping

BOOKS etc is a UK online business that is based in Aldershot, Hampshire.

• Scored ⁵⁸/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers

Daunt Books

Daunt Books is a small chain of independent bookshops.

• Scored ⁴⁵/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers

ebooks is an independent ebook retailer that sells worldwide

• Scored ⁶³/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers

Oxfam is a charity dedicated to ending poverty across the world.

• Scored ⁵⁸/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• Charity dedicated to ending poverty across the world

The Guardian Bookshop is the online bookshop for The Guardian and The Observer.

• Scored ⁶³/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers

The Works is an online retailer of value gifts, arts, crafts, toys, books and stationery.

World of Books is based in Sussex and sells second-hand books. They have a particular focus on sustainability and the circular economy.

• B-corporation with a focus on sustainability
• Scored ⁶⁸/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• Pays royalties to authors on sales of second-hand books via ALCS

XigXag is an audio book seller based in the UK and is committed to making reading more accessible, engaging and sustainable. They offer lower prices the more books that you buy.

• Scored ⁶³/₁₀₀ in Ethical Consumer's Guide to Booksellers
• B-corporation making reading more accessible, engaging and sustainable

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