Gathering of the Figments

marianas · The Scarlet Pimpernel Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 435

www.paperbackswap.com

You trade in books you don't want anymore for books that other people have. You have to pay for postage, so it comes out to $1.59 ...which really isn't bad for a book.

How it works: you post a "bookshelf" of books you are willing to get rid of. Other people can request books from your bookshelf. You print out a wrapper made by the site and ship the book to the other person. This gets you one credit. For that credit you can request one book that someone will ship to you.

It's my current addiction.

There's a place on the sign up form for referrals. I get a credit if you put my email address down: magelight5 (at) gmail (dot) com
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Figment · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

thats sounds cool, the only thing is that when i have a book, i want to keep it... lol, i like filling up my bookself with books, it would be sad to let them go...

Is there anyway that they let you pay for the service and then other people get credits for sending you theirs?

I dont know, i would find it too hard to send my books off... as it is i will be needing to buy a copy of the messenger because i am enjoying it so much... Razz

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marianas · The Scarlet Pimpernel Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 435

you can buy credits for money. It costs $2.75 per credit and you can buy anywhere from 3 to 20.

And I know what you mean about wanting to keep your books. Sometimes I think I'm as much a book collector as a book reader. And I get kind of picky about making sure I have the whole series in hardcover (or in paperback) so they look nice together on a shelf.
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