
London Book Fair 2019 - Press Release
Posted on Mar 7, 2019, 10:52 AMThe leading seller of used books in the UK, World of Books, has confirmed it is to exhibit at this year’s London Book Fair - a first in the company’s history. Used Wholesale Books is part of the World of Books Group, which was established by a group of dedicated book lovers with an ethos to do good. They are pioneers in the re-use and recycling of unwanted books, recycling around 70 million books each year, equivalent to 442,000 trees.


World of Rare Books at the Sleep Show 2017
Posted on Nov 9, 2017, 11:05 AMLondon Sleep Show 2017 | World of Rare Books Sleep, Europe's hotel design and development event will return this month on the 21st and 22nd November 2017 at the Business Design Centre in London. We are pleased to announce that our World of Rare Books team will be attending this year to showcase their rare and vintage books to guests over the two days.

Bridges backs World of Books for new chapter of high-impact growth story
Posted on Jan 10, 2017, 10:52 AMBridges Sustainable Growth Fund III, which is managed by specialist sustainable and impact investor Bridges Ventures (“Bridges”), has invested £13m to buy a majority stake in World of Books, a market-leading ‘circular economy’ technology business for used books.

Come and meet us at the book fair!
Posted on Jan 10, 2017, 9:49 AMWhich book fairs will you be attending this year? Used Wholesale Books in partnership with World of Books will be attending the following international book fairs and festivals. If you are in the area come and meet us, we'd love to discuss how we can help your business. We'll keep you as up to date as possible with all the events we will be attending this year, but dates are subject to change so for more information don't hesitate to get in contact.

National Recycling Awards 2016
Posted on Nov 29, 2016, 11:56 AMWorld of Books and its recycling partnership with Viridor fought off strong competition to be named ‘Retail/Service Sector Recycler of the Year’ at the National Recycling Awards on 6 July. Kyran Bracken, England rugby legend and Strictly Come Dancing winner hosted this year’s awards.

International Track 200 - 2016
Posted on Nov 29, 2016, 11:55 AMThe following year World of Books was acknowledge again as a leading business with international reach. World of Books now sell their goods on over 30 marketplaces worldwide, making bestselling Fiction, NonFiction and children’s literature available all over the globe.


Fast Track 100 - 2013
Posted on Nov 29, 2016, 11:50 AMThe following year, we did it again! In 2013 World of Books Ltd achieve the rank of 94 in the 2013 Sunday Times Fast Track 100 awards. Ranked at 94 We were able to contend with some giants in the retail and resell sector. Growing on the continued success of last year, the business will continue to grow; enhancing their green initiative to help create cleaner living by reusing and recycling and of course supporting good causes across the nation.

Fast Track 100- 2012
Posted on Nov 29, 2016, 11:48 AMIn 2012 World of Books was announced as 22nd fastest growing reseller in the Sunday Time Fast Track 100 Business awards. The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years. A typical Fast Track 100 company is owned and run by entrepreneurs, has between 50 and 300 staff and has average 3 year sales growth ranging between 50% and 400% pa.

Why buy from Used Wholesale Books?
With a vast inventory, wide range of titles, authors and genres, we have books for every reader. Our specially designed algorithms ensure that our Premium and Prime products include top authors and bestsellers. All our books go through a two-stage quality check, so our customers only receive books that are in good condition. Supplying orders, from 1 pallet to 40ft containers with minimal lead time.

Europe’s leading seller of used English language books.

Working with us
We strive to provide an exceptional customer service, ensuring the working partnership between us is a pleasurable experience

The Product
Benefit from our extensive and comprehensive range of English books. There is always something new to select from ensuring your customers have a fresh and varied choice

Quality Books
Our two stage condition checks ensure you only receive books in good condition. Our key aim is to put these books back in the hand so that they can be enjoyed, at least once more! Those books which miss the grade are ethically recycled.



