About

BookBridges was created to give students a new and more streamlined option when buying and selling their textbooks.

Textbooks: that expensive necessity all college students dread dealing with. From finding them to buying them to selling them, textbooks are a pain from start to finish. Between moving out, making friends and struggling to make it through finals week, we think college is hard enough as it is — so we’re taking the stress out of buying textbooks. As students ourselves, we understood the struggle; so that is why we created BookBridges: to provide students with a safe, secure platform where they can connect to buy, sell and save money on textbooks.

BookBridges wants to fundamentally change how students buy their books by facilitating student to student transactions. We believe that students could save hundreds if not thousands of dollars each semester if they bought and sold their books with each other rather than from online retailers or their campus bookstore.

The Best Deal Guaranteed.

Best Deal Guaranteed.

Imagine sitting in class on syllabus week and seeing all the books that you need. You pull out your phone, open BookBridges and type in the ISBN of one of your required books and instantly you see the price that students at your school are selling the book for. You also see the prices at popular online book sellers as well. You filter the results based on price and quality and you decide to purchase from a student because it was the best deal. You set up a time to meet on campus and you get the book that same day at a fraction of the traditional cost associated with buying online or at your campus bookstore.

Why sit for hours on your computer searching all of the online stores for the best price? We bring all of the prices, both local and online, to you in a thoroughly modern fashion. Purchase all the books you need in SECONDS not hours.

SEARCH. SAVE. LEARN.

How it Works

We’re building bridges to give students the power to take control over their textbook experience.

Instead of using your school’s retail bookstore or trying to find other students who need your textbook or have one you need, everything you need to buy and sell textbooks at the best possible price is at your fingertips with BookBridges. With our mobile app, currently available in the Apple App Store, we’ll connect you with students at your school who are selling the books you need, putting an end to wasting time sifting through Facebook and Craigslist posts.

Buy your Books in 3 easy steps...

1. Search for the books you need by ISBN, Title or Author

2. Browse listings to see what price your peers, as well as popular online bookstores, are selling the book for. Find the best deal by filtering the results based on price and quality.

3. Purchase the book you want using Apple Pay or Paypal, or use the app’s chat feature to meet up in person and exchange cash.

It's just that easy!

Selling your books is even easier...

We have designed our app to make it as easy as possible to sell your books. You can automatically populate your book's information with its ISBN or you can enter the information manually for custom, school specific, books. Set the price, take a few pictures, and you're done!

1. Populate your Book's Information

2. Share your listing on Facebook for more exposure.

BookBridges is the BEST way to sell your books because you get to...

Keep all of the profits! (We don't take any percentages of sales)

It has never been easier to get the best deal on textbooks whether you are buying or selling.

The BookBridges Story

BookBridges is the first app of its kind to offer student-to-student textbook transactions. We are dedicated to addressing the needs of the student. BookBridges was created by students for students and attempts to alleviate some of the financial strain that attending higher education causes on students and their families.

We have experienced this first hand. We attended universities and graduated but not without taking on a mountain of student loan debt. Towards the end of our undergraduate careers we decided to take matters into our own hands and create BookBridges. At that point in our college careers it was too late to save money on our own books but we wanted to help the next generation of college students. With our experiences in mind and the best interests of students at heart we found a completely free and efficient way for students to reduce costs on their textbooks.

How we will use your funding

While we have a great start, we need your help to get our feet off the ground and to ensure we can give students the best possible user experience.

Streamline the User Experience

Include a Barcode Scanner to list books faster

Implement a mobile payment system for one-touch payments

Add prices and an option to buy from online retailers

Making a great mobile application is only half of the battle. We know that a great app can get lost in the "heap" if it is not properly marketed and advertised, so a major portion of the funding will be used to travel to campuses in the U.S and Canada to promote our app during campus fairs and other major campus events in order to reach as many students as possible.

Goals

$15,000 - Funded!

- Funded! $60,000 - Expand our app to Android Devices

- Expand our app to Android Devices $150,000 - Effectively distribute our app to most major universities.

- Effectively distribute our app to most major universities. $200,000+ - Web Version

Meet our team

Our team is comprised of 3 extremely bright, passionate and academically diverse individuals having studied engineering, medicine and business. The BookBridges team is dedicated to providing a fantastic product that many generations of students will use for years to come.

Gerard Taylor - Creator/Innovator & CEO

Ashley Neiderer - Marketing & Operations / Co-Founder

Jordan Lazic - Business / Growth Specialist & Co-Founder

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