BetterWorldBooks​

• Creating websites and applications to allow potential users to donate their books either by sending them via postal service (donators can thus be regional or even international) or putting the books in donation points[1].

•  Schedule free donation pickups (vans + donators).

• Libraries  :  According to a survey conducted by the OCLC (2013), the usage of online libraries will increase in the near future thus BWB can bargain with German libraries to give them books away since lot of readers in libraries are either not going to the physical libraries or prefer to visit the e-library.  Besides, there are more than 6.000 public libraries in Germany. For instance, the German National library has alone more than 30 million books. There are also universities and schools’ libraries that can be potential and ‘easy-going’ suppliers for BWB.

• Universities: In Germany, there are some private universities and the majority are public universities. The total number of universities in Germany reached 423 universities with more than 2.5 million students. Among these, 106 universities has 1,670,244 students, 6 universities of education with 24,899 students, 17 theological universities with 2,491 students, 53 colleges of art, film and music with 35,255 students, 212 universities of applied sciences with 847,233 students and 29 public administration colleges with 33,046 students (German Academic Exchange Service, s.d.). BWB can ask either student communities, professors and student associations to donate books.

• Schools : Germany has more than 50,000 schools with more than 12 million students. The German school system is a bit delicate and need to be cited briefly. There are different types of schools: Hauptschule (enrolling 60-70% of the population), Realschule, Gymnasium, Gesamtschule and Other Secondary School Options.

[1] We can create donation points all over Germany or use existing ones.