Every human being is known to strive to acquire more knowledge. A scientist always aims to discover new theories, a chef aims at making his recipes popular and there are many more live examples that we see in our daily lives which remind us about how many people are known to work hard to achieve. We all know that the easiest and undoubtedly the best way to acquire knowledge is through books. It is a book that helps a scientist in formulating a new theory and it is through a book that the same scientist is known to publish his findings. This is the importance of books in our lives.

Books are the prime source of knowledge for a human being. Considered as the best medium for transfer of knowledge, books are considered to promote literacy among masses. The content in books is not only restricted to science and technology but they are also known to provide entertainment through novels, help you in cooking in the form of cook books or keep you updated with the latest developments in the form of magazines. These are the various roles that books play in our lives and hence show the importance of books in our daily lives.

There is a very important firm that has many stores throughout the United States of America that has been in business since 1972. The firm is very famous in U.S.A and is called half price books or 1 2 price books. Founded by Ken Gjemre and Pat Anderson in Dallas Texas, the store is number when it comes to the sale of both used and new books. The firm was started with the aim of providing offering good books at affordable rates. Today, the store has outlets in many cities and is the most famous and most used bookstore in the U.S.A. The store now has expanded its boundaries to 15 states with more than 100 stores. Half price books or 1 2 price books has attributed is success to its motto “We buy and everything except for yesterday's newspaper”. The firm has emerged as the leader in the sale of used and new books. Today, Sharon Anderson Wright who is the daughter of one of its founders (Pat Anderson) governs half price books. Their aim of spreading literacy and reading habits about the masses has really attributed to its success and has been responsible for the growth of the organization.