It's called PaperBackSwap, and if you're like me, you have a lot of books that you had to read for school, that you'll never read again. So I decided to post them on this site. How it works, is that you post 10 books in good condition on the site. (Really easy too, it goes by ISBN, and auto generates the info.) After you post 10 books, you then receive "2 credits" to get 2 books that someone else has posted.
When ever someone sends you a book, it doesn't cost you anything, other than the "credit". Whenever you ship someone a book however, it costs you shipping. (USPS has a book rate that's normally pretty cheap.) When the book arrives with the requester safely, they log that it's arrived, and then you receive another "credit" for another book.
They also do swapping on music cds and dvds! So while this does cost you shipping and handling, if you consider that it's like a huge library exchange without late fees. AND you get to keep the books you swapped out!
1 comment:
What a great idea. I love giving books away...especailly good ones that will have an inpact on someones life.
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