In Kanab, Utah there is Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Its mission is to be sure that every pet has a home. It is so successful that it is the largest employer in the area.

I propose copying the business model of Best Friends and doing the same thing for books. Many people love books and they don’t want their books destroyed. At the Book Sanctuary all books will be put to their highest and best use. None will be destroyed. Donations of books and other resources will fund the nonprofit organization as it attempts to stop the annual destruction of millions of books.

I visualize a town of books in Arizona somewhere that sorts books sells duplicate books, builds collections, gives tours and has work for volunteers. It would be of course a nonprofit organization but there would be lots of good paying management jobs and some even better paying executive jobs.