I was reading a friend's blog last night and she was talking about how to build a home library on a budget. It seems like I'm always reading a book or looking for a new book to read these days. Usually a parenting book or photography book or the like. I usually check out amazon, half.com, and ebay and go with whomever is cheapest. I get most of Cason's books at Half Price Books unless I'm looking for something very specific. Anyway, Alyssa's blog mentioned swapping books and gave a link to paperbackswap.com. I checked it out right away, signed up, and have already sent off two of my old books.
Basically, you create an account and then post any books you have that you are willing to send out to someone else who requests it. Once you post 10 books, they start you off with 2 credits. For every book you send out, you earn an additional credit. You may then use these credits to request books from other members. There is no fee for the whole thing, you just pay shipping for the books you send out, which is typically $2-$3. Then when you receive a book, it's totally free! Cool, right? My only problem is that the only books I've searched for so far are pretty in demand and I'm like #79 in line waiting for a copy. But I've only spent a few minutes looking and I'm sure I can find some books I want that are less popular.
They also have sister sites of swapacd and swapadvd but I haven't checked them out at all. Just wanted to pass this along in case anyone else is interested in swapping books.
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