Title: Paperback Swap anyone?
Post by: KDbeads on July 16, 2010, 06:34:30 PM
Post by: KDbeads on July 16, 2010, 06:34:30 PM
http://www.paperbackswap.com (http://www.paperbackswap.com)
Anyone here a member?
Since I live out in BFE and the local county library has a really crappy selection of anything not western, non-fiction or religious, I use this service. I'm able to get books without paying full price, just shipping on another book, so I'm saving gas money and book money.... but I have to be patient, not all books are available immediately, in fact I have about 75 on my wish list right now! I've even been able to get out of print books.
I know this sounds like an advertisement, I promise it's not. Just wondering if anyone else is a member
Anyone here a member?
Since I live out in BFE and the local county library has a really crappy selection of anything not western, non-fiction or religious, I use this service. I'm able to get books without paying full price, just shipping on another book, so I'm saving gas money and book money.... but I have to be patient, not all books are available immediately, in fact I have about 75 on my wish list right now! I've even been able to get out of print books.
I know this sounds like an advertisement, I promise it's not. Just wondering if anyone else is a member
Title: Re: Paperback Swap anyone?
Post by: Tank on July 16, 2010, 06:48:02 PM
Post by: Tank on July 16, 2010, 06:48:02 PM
Quote from: "KDbeads"http://www.paperbackswap.comThere is a barbers shop near here with shelves of swap books in it. I visit it once a week as it's next to the news agent who delivery my papers. Some hotels now do this sort of thing now as well. Of all things I picked up a copy of From Russia with Love a Bond Book by Ian Fleming, this resulted in we reading all the Bond books he wrote, very good they are too!
Anyone here a member?
Since I live out in BFE and the local county library has a really crappy selection of anything not western, non-fiction or religious, I use this service. I'm able to get books without paying full price, just shipping on another book, so I'm saving gas money and book money.... but I have to be patient, not all books are available immediately, in fact I have about 75 on my wish list right now! I've even been able to get out of print books.
I know this sounds like an advertisement, I promise it's not. Just wondering if anyone else is a member
Title: Re: Paperback Swap anyone?
Post by: Martin TK on July 18, 2010, 01:46:25 AM
Post by: Martin TK on July 18, 2010, 01:46:25 AM
I get a lot of my book via the internet, because I live in a very remote area of Michigan. We don't have a good bookstore up here, so I have to order online. I'll check out this service, maybe I can use it. Thanks.
My wife and I went to Illinois last week and there were two bookstores in town. We spent half a day in them and more money than we should have.
My wife and I went to Illinois last week and there were two bookstores in town. We spent half a day in them and more money than we should have.
Title: Re: Paperback Swap anyone?
Post by: Tom62 on July 18, 2010, 06:43:39 AM
Post by: Tom62 on July 18, 2010, 06:43:39 AM
I like the idea of swapping books. However this type of service is (as far as I know) not available in the place where I live. Most of my books, I buy online at Amazon.de or Amazon.co.uk, because ordinary bookshops here in Germany have a very limited choice in foreign language books. BTW a great place to find older, 2nd hand and rare books for very low prices is at http://www.abebooks.com/ (http://www.abebooks.com/).