Got Too Many Books In Your House? Don't Throw Them Away! Here's Why...

Thought I would post a little about my fav site. It's called Paperbackswap. I have to say I loved this place to the point where I'm on it hours on end, even if I'm doing nothing but flipping from page to page.



As you can tell from the name, it's a place to swap used books. I was tuned in on this site by another person who reads a lot of books like I do. What I did was sign up (it's free) and posted 9 books. For doing that, the system gave me 3 free credits. And with those credits I was able to browse the other thousands of books posted and order some to be sent straight to my mailbox. For free!

What's great about this site (other than no sign-up fee) is the fact that we all share books that we no longer want, and in the process can order more books that we do want. All a person does is put the postage on the package, stick it in your mailbox and wait for it to travel across the country to a new home. When that person gets the book, they inform the site of the fact and voila! You get another credit to get another book.

This site has been absolutely fantastic for me. I have over 500 books in my room, and before PBS, I had nowhere to put them once I read them. So perfectly good books would just sit in boxes getting dusty. Of course, I do have the problem of getting more books when I order them, so I've decided to try something new...

Media mail, which is mainly used to send...well, media mail, is a straight $2.13. I forget to what weight in ounces it will go up to before it changes to $2.31. Anyway, now I offer people a free book with every request. Pretty cool. I'm not using more money to get rid of the books, because I just mail it all together.

All I can say is thank goodness for this site!! 500 books? Do you know how many books that is? Try imagining five huge-a$$ rubbermaid boxes filled to the brim!

Whew!