A regular reader of my blog from Sterling, Connecticut recently sent me an email encouraging me to check out a book swap Web site he uses regularly. Tom Dubois told me about Paper Back Swap. The best thing about the site is that you can get free shipping when you order a book!This online book club is a group of readers who share books with each other (NOT limited to only paperbacks) for nothing more than the cost of postage!
One you join, list 10 books with the club, and you are given 2 book credits to get started. Then you can request 2 free books right away from other members of the club. Books you list to swap must be in good condition, with no ripped covers or water damage.
When another member from the site wants one of your books, you’ll receive an email. Mail out the book at your expense — usually about $2, depending upon the weight and shipping distance. (If the book weighs less than 13 ounces, you won’t have to make a trip to the post office and it’s $2.13.)
We all know in the ‘real world’, books are incredibly expensive. Here’s an economical way to give and get fresh reading material. Getting a book requires only the cost of shipping out another.
However, some members just buy books on the site. A credit entitles you to a book, and credits can be purchased at $3.45 each. Where else can you buy a book for that price and get it shipped for free?
Tom told me about his biggest finds on the Paper Back Swap site.
Two books he bought for $3.45 each: Bobby Fischer and My 60 Most Memorable Games. Tom sold them on eBay for $53.00 and $25.00! He now makes it a regular practice to look for books on the Paperback Swap site to re-sell.
You can learn more about this site here:
Paper Back Swap online book club: http://www.PaperBackSwap.com
If you become a member, Tom asks for a favor in using his name as the referral on the sign-up form.
His user name: booktrader
Paper Back Swap online book club: http://www.PaperBackSwap.com
If you become a member, Tom asks for a favor in using his name as the referral on the sign-up form.
His user name: booktrader
In addition to the book swapping online club, members can also join CD and DVD swapping sister sites. The rules are the same and swapping across sites is possible.
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1 comment:
The rules are the same for all 3 sites: they are not to be used for commercial purposes. I am a member of all three sites, and when you sign up the rules tell you that.
They are swap sites, NOT places to get stuff to resell.
Please don't encourage this misuse of these great swapping clubs. People who misuse them really ruin it for the rest of us.
Come and swap, people! The sites are great. But don't come thinking to take stuff from the clubs to sell. It's not allowed.
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