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Thrift Books, headquartered in Tukwila, Washington, is a large web-based used bookseller. Thrift Books sells used books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, video games, and audio cassettes. Thrift Books' business model “is based on achieving economies of scale through automation.”
Thrift Books was founded in the summer of 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The two created software which allowed them to organize and list thousands of book titles per day. Thrift Books also operates a number of subsidiaries including Green Earth Books, the Atlanta Book Company, Motor City Books, Blue Cloud Books, Yankee Clipper Books, Silver Arch Books, Books Squared, Free State Books, Sierra Nevada Books, Peach Land Books, Green Duck Books, Green Grass Books, Yellow Rose Books, Red Crab Books, Red Sand Books, Purple Mountain Books, White Stag Books, and Gray Sky Books.