Found Not Lost

I have been enjoying Paperbacks Swap these last few weeks. I only signed up recently and already I’ve received three books and waiting for a couple more. So far I have received and yet to read:
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn
Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues

I in turn, had sent out the following books:
The Soloist by Mark Salzman
A Letter of Mary: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels)
Kindred By Octavia E. Butler
The Abstinence Teacher (Reading Group Gold)
Leaps of Faith
The Bobby Gold Stories: A Novel

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When you join, all you need is to have your book’s ISB number in order to post it for swapping. If you have a barcode scanner, it makes this job even easier. Each book now has a barcode in the back with the ISB number coded in.

I joined PaperBackSwap.com last week and this weekend I finally got around to listing some of the books I have laying around at home. Within hours, I had requests for four of the books I just listed. Was I thrilled!

But wait, let me start at the beginning. In case you’re wondering, PaperBack Swap is a site where book lovers can trade books for FREE! All you pay for is the cost of shipping which, for most paperbacks, is around $2.50. The system is simple, when you give a book a way, you can request for any book on the list in exchange. To start off, you are given 2 free credits for uploading at least 10 books to your swapping bookshelf. Even before anyone requests a book from you, you already have the credits to request 2 books.

So today, I mailed out four books that earned me 4 credits. So after a week membership, and about $10 in postage, I have 6 credits to my name. I spent one credit today to order Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn which would complete my collection of the trilogy. I am still waiting for the request to be approved, but I have my hopes up. I’m hoping I’ll get the book soon and I can start re-reading the earlier books.

I am so excited about this new site, more so than the wine of the month club or the other book clubs that end up costing me more than I budgeted for.

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