Comments on: Reader tip of the week: great book-swap site

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:42:55 +0000

The name is misleading, as PaperBackSwap.com allows you to swap hardcovers and audio books in addition to paperbacks. I also have been a member for over a year and have been completely satisfied. You can ship Media Mail, today I mailed Shampoo Planet, from NYC to SC, for $2.37.

By: persuede

persuede — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:21:29 +0000

ooh…between this and my request list at the BPL, it’s like christmas once a week!

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:52:30 +0000

I have been a member of paperbackswap for about a year and have turned so many folks on to it. most of the books that I get are almost new and in excellent condition. It’s a much bigger buzz than Amazon used books – There’s a great thrill in getting an email telling you that a book you put on a wish list is in and is being held for you, it’s like a personal shopper for the budget minded book lover.

By: Tracy G.

Tracy G. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:24:39 +0000

I heard about this site from someone I was in the waiting room with at Workforce 1. (I was wishing I had a book to read.) The postage can be expensive, so I would suggest posting only a few books at a time.

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:49:53 +0000

[...] too—and traffic at bartering sites like BookMooch.com and Swaptree.com is rapidly expanding. Brokelyn also named another good book-trading site, Paperback [...]

By: H1113

H1113 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:18:32 +0000

There’s a long-time site called bookmooch that works the same way for all kinds of books — paperbacks, hardcovers, kids’ books. A lot of charities and non-profit groups like the amazing Books Through Bars have accounts on bookmooch, too, and you can also donate your points to those groups if you’d like as well.

By: Aardvark

Aardvark — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:49:11 +0000

Perhaps the best thing that’s happened for the USPS since Netflix!

By: southerngal

southerngal — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:22:20 +0000

fyi
the link is paperbackswap.com