Paperback Swap

Anybody use Paperbackswap?
It's a book trading site. You sign up, post books you want to part with and then find books you want. You do have to pay for shipping, but that usually comes to less than $2.00 a book.
Here is an example. I post 30 books I want to get rid of. Somebody else sees one of my books and decides they want it. I mail the book to them and I get a credit for mailing that book. I can then take that credit and get another book free of charge.
I have been a member for a couple of years and never had an issue at all. I have gotten every book I have requested. It's really worth it if you have a large collection and are still an avid reader.


NOTE: They do affiliate links, but the link I posted is not an affiliate link, it is just a link to the front page of the site.

I'm going to check that out.
My reading habit is VERY expensive.

ME TOO! Thanks Rikostan

I have been using Paperbackswap for a while now. I started when my grandmother was alive and I could not keep her in smut historical romances. LOL, She passed last April, and now I use it for me, and I recently got alot of pregnacy/baby books for DD. It is THE PLACE for obscure titles also.

I have added that to my list to check out. I use BookMooch now...

I actually started with bookmooch before Paperback Swap. I listed all my books, but nobody wanted any of the 90 or so I listed. Then I found PS, posted my books and had people grab books left and right for the first couple of months. I got 40 "free" books in a very short period of time.

I don't know if it's because of more users or a better search function, but PS just works better for me.

hmmmmm i need to have a look at that...

Another board I am on, they all use it. It comes highly recommended.

I use it too. I have mailed out 6 books already, have gotten 3 already and am waiting on 5 more. I just signed up less than a month ago. And I go to the post office to mail, due to not having a printer, and it costs me less than $3 each to do media mail.

LOL, I'm super cheap. I use the library.

Actually, the local library in my home town and in the town my family lives in (an hour away, and I'm over there all the time) are WONDERFUL!!! The staff is so nice. They actually order books for me and my kids if they notice one of our favorite authors has a new book out. They'll call and say, I hope you don't mind but we ordered this for you guys when we saw it and it's in now, do you want us to put it on hold?

WOW thats nice. I wish out town had a library like that....but they don't so its just easier for me to do this...and I LOVE this site!!

Speaking of which...I just got the Twilight series that I need to sit down and read......see everyone later!

Our library is pretty decent too. It is just across the street and down two doors, but we only have 2000 people in our village.... Everything is down two doors.

Sounds like a nice place to live Riko..
My library is only a couple of blocks away.. but it is not a good one, and it is run by two dragon ladies





I usually avoid it, and if I want a library, go to the next town.

Kath- I think thats where all Dragon Ladies go to retire!! We have our share here too.