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Case studies · Done before

Bulk book order case studies, told by the numbers.

Big orders, many titles, dates that couldn't move. These are real BookPal jobs. Lam Research's story is told by name, with their permission; the rest are described without names because our clients' programs are theirs to talk about. Library figures come from our own order records.

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Named client story · Company program

Lam Research: a guest speaker's book, in every employee's hands at home.

A world-leading semiconductor company in Fremont, California, wanted to give employees working remotely a copy of its guest speaker's book, and could not hand over their home addresses. Here is how it was done.

  • 100+copies shipped to individual employees
  • 1 weekfor employees to submit their own details
  • 1custom landing page that collected every address
The challenge

Books for a team that wasn't in the office

With much of the team working remotely, handing out learning materials the usual way wasn’t an option.

Lam Research decided to offer copies of their guest speaker's book to hundreds of employees working at home. How could they affordably get a book into each employee's hands without everyone being in the office?

What BookPal did

Address collection, then individual fulfillment

Lam Research needed to send copies of Unapologetically Ambitious by Shellye Archambeau to their employees. With everyone working from home, and with concern for employee confidentiality, Lam could not supply addresses directly.

BookPal created an address collection form on a custom landing page that gathered what was needed to ship each employee's copy individually. The page was sent to Lam employees, who had a week to submit their information. Then BookPal got to work.

The outcome

Over 100 copies, sent without complications

Over 100 copies of Unapologetically Ambitious went out to individual employees without complications.

Yes, you read that right: we can ship to as many addresses as needed.

Facing a similar challenge?

If your company needs to put a book in every employee's hands, wherever they work, tell us about it and we'll build a custom solution around your team. A specialist replies within 1 business day, and our line is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm PT.

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The library

Five single jobs, and the totals behind them.

Each job is one client's program: what it was, what made it hard and how it was handled. The program totals add up many orders of one kind. Numbers are rounded down; months are when the order was placed.

Single jobs

School system · February 2025

70,000books

A school system's reading list, in one order

The job
More than 70,000 books across 62 titles for a district-scale school system.
What made it hard
Sixty-two titles, each in its own quantity, adding up to more than 70,000 books.
How it was handled
One quote and one order covering every title, instead of dozens of separate purchases.
Company program · May 2025

18,000+books

Fifteen titles for one company's program

The job
More than 18,000 books across 15 titles for one corporate program.
What made it hard
Fifteen different titles, more than 18,000 books, all needed for the same program.
How it was handled
All fifteen titles on a single order and a single invoice.
Literacy nonprofit · April 2023

18,000books

A literacy giveaway across 19 titles

The job
18,000 books across 19 titles for a literacy program's distribution.
What made it hard
Nineteen titles for one giveaway, with 18,000 books to source at once.
How it was handled
Quoted and filled as one order, so the program had one budget line.
Nonprofit · December 2023

17,000+books

Ordered early, shipped for the program's date

The job
More than 17,000 books for a nonprofit program with a later start date.
What made it hard
More than 17,000 books ordered well ahead of the date they were needed.
How it was handled
The order was placed ahead and scheduled to ship for a later date.
Nonprofit · Bilingual title

16,000+copies

One bilingual book, at program scale

The job
More than 16,000 copies of a single bilingual title for a nonprofit distribution.
What made it hard
More than 16,000 copies of one title, in an edition that reads in two languages.

Program totals Many orders of one kind, added up since 2023

Program total · Events since 2023

230+venue deliveries

Shipped to hotels and venues, timed to the event

The total
More than 230 deliveries to hotels and event venues, among 2,000+ orders with a fixed event date.
How it was handled
Receiving contacts and, where needed, dock, liftgate and pallet details recorded on the order and planned back from the event date.
Program total · One book per person since 2023

23,000+books

Mailed one by one, to each reader's door

The total
More than 100 one-book-per-person projects for organizations mailing one book to each person.
How it was handled
Addresses from a spreadsheet or a private collection page, one package per person.
Program total · International since 2023

46countries

More than 570 orders shipped abroad

The total
Books to offices, events and readers in 46 countries, most often Canada, the UK and Australia.
How it was handled
Freight quoted to each destination, with edition rights checked first.
Why most have no names

Your program stays yours.

Schools, nonprofits and companies trust us with reading lists, budgets and home addresses. We don't put their names on our website without permission (Lam Research agreed, so theirs is told by name), and we treat your order the same way.

  • Numbers from our order records, rounded down, never rounded up.
  • No quotes or logos unless the client has agreed in writing.
  • Home addresses stay private. Collected for delivery, not for marketing.

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About these case studies

About these numbers, and yours.

Want to talk through a job like one of these? Call 866-522-6657 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am – 5 pm PT) or email sales@bookpal.com.

Where do these numbers come from?

The library's figures come from BookPal's own order records since 2023. Totals are rounded down, and months are when each order was placed. The Lam Research story above is from an earlier project and is told as we first published it.

Why don't you name the clients?

Our clients' programs are theirs to talk about. We only publish a client's name, quote or logo with their permission, as with Lam Research above. Everyone else stays anonymous.

Can our program be a case study?

We'd love that. Email sales@bookpal.com with "Case study" in the subject line, and we'll write it with you and publish it only with your sign-off.

What's the largest order you can handle?

Our largest single order since 2023 was more than 70,000 books across 62 titles. We've filled more than 430 orders of 1,000 copies or more, and more than 2.6 million books on more than 20,000 orders in all.

Do you only handle orders this large?

No. Volume pricing starts at 25 copies on most titles. These cases show the top end; most orders are a few dozen to a few hundred copies.

Can you do something like this for us?

Very likely. Tell us the titles, the number of copies, where the books go and your date, and we'll tell you honestly what's possible. Start with a quote request.

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