NORTH READING MA SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES $4,485.00 IN BOOKS FROM GOT BOOKS & USED BOOK SUPERSTORE, INC.

All School Department Employees To Get $15 in Books FREE During September 2011

Wilmington, MA  September 1, 2011 – Used Book Superstore, Inc. the largest used book store in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Got Books, Inc, every employee of the North Reading MA school district (299) will receive a $15 credit for books at the Burlington MA Used Book Superstore location.  The gift to the school system, which exceeds $4,400 in value from the Used Book Superstore is the latest school-system wide donation from the Used Book Superstore. Similar gifts have been made this year to the Reading, Burlington, Billerica and Danvers MA school systems as well as the Salem NH school system.

As a fundraising program, North Reading hosts Got Books, Inc. used book collection containers at its middle school.  Over the past 12 months the book collection container has yielded over $500 from Got Books as payment for the books donated into the containers.

Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Willis,  and Used Book Superstore / Got Books founder and president Bob Ticehurst, and invited guests will celebrate the gift at the Used Book Superstore at 256 Cambridge Street in Burlington on Thursday September 1 at 1:30.  The press and the public are invited to participate in the presentation of the gift.

“We are committed to an inclusive, student-centered, 21st Century learning environment that prepares students for life,” comments North Reading Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Willis.  “It our mission is to educate all students by challenging and encouraging them to be thinking, creative and responsible individuals who are confident and committed to excellence, service and life-long learning. The generous gift from the Used Book Superstore will give teachers the opportunity to get as much as an arm-load of books to support their classes for FREE. It is great to have local business support our mission.”

“Got Books has nearly 450 book collection containers all over New England supplying much needed funds to non profit organizations, particularly schools like the North Reading middle school,” comments Bob Ticehurst, CEO and founder of Got Books, Inc. and the Used Book Superstores. “We’ve recently expanded the selection of books at our stores to include new books and in-demand used books that we just couldn’t get before. Our local programs combined with extra special discounts that teachers get EVERY week in our stores, demonstrates our continued support of teachers’ and students’ success.”

Used Book Superstore, Inc. Background

Used Book Superstores, among the largest used bookstores in the USA, offers used books, DVDs and CDs at a fraction of their original cost as well as select new books and related items. There are currently five Used Book Superstores in MA and NH each offering used books at ridiculously low prices beginning at $1.29.

Founded in 2000, Got Books has grown from a home-based business to today’s 69,000 square foot warehouse. The combined companies of Got Books and the Used Book Superstores employ nearly 100 people.

Got Books provides nonprofit groups with an easy fundraising program: book donation containers are placed throughout New England at schools, town halls, retail parking lots and a variety of other public locations.  Got Books pays the container hosts after their donated books are collected. The Company has paid over $1.1 million to local non-profit groups since 2007 and has saved millions of books from landfills.