A buy-back scheme for used books has launched, via which readers can trade their unwanted copies for online credit or more pre-loved novels.
Bookloop is being pitched as a sustainable alternative to Amazon, which Bookloop organisers say can be pricey for both buyers and sellers. It comes from Bookshop.org, an online platform for indie booksellers that first launched in 2020 and has since raised £3m for UK independent literary stores.Â
Customers can scan and upload their books to an online valuation system, then drop them off at a DPD collection point or have them picked up from their own home, in exchange for site credit to be used on new Bookshop-stocked titles.
