October 17, 2011 5:28 PM
Paperback Swap
I try to remember to mention Paperback Swap once or twice a year - for the benefit of new readers or anyone else ready to give it a try. So many of you have joined and are now enjoying the give and take of free books with others who love to read:
This is amazing!! At least for a household of book lovers like ours.
A couple years ago, Angie told me about PaperbackSwap - where you list your books (hardbacks too) and agree to send them free as people order them (usually 2.38 media mail).
For every book you sell, you get a point which you can then use to order a book FREE from their huge database. And when you sign up and list 10 books, they give you two points to start ordering stuff right away.
Here's their friendly tutorial.
I signed up immediately and within 10 minutes had listed 10 books and ordered a book I've been looking for (in hardback too!). Two of the books I listed were on people's waiting lists and I'd packed them off and made two more points within a week.
Since then I've sent over 300 books and received over 300. Which sounds like a lot, but there are five AVID readers involved here. And Sophia taps into my account from college :)
When I signed up, Angie got a point because I listed her as my referral. The link above is coded so that if you use it to sign up yourself, I will get a point on my account.
But I would tell you even if there were no points for referrals. I would tell you, because Paperback Swap has been so totally COOL!
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