PaperBackSwap.com Review

Paperback Exchange is so much more than just paperbacks.  At this website you are able to request hardcover, children's books,  audiobooks, workbooks, etc. 

Here's the idea.  You create an account at this website.  After doing this, you can peruse used books until your heart's content.  If you can't stand the thought to get rid of your books, you can purchase credits that will allow you to request gently used books to read, otherwise you just upload the ISBN numbers from your gently used books and receive credits for swapping them with other members.  Think of the book swaps from school and then modernize it.  The idea is genius.

As a former English Teacher, my basement is crowded with (not an exaggeration) seventeen boxes of books.  My husband, when helping me move from my old classroom, banned me from buying more books and asked me if I told my students about a place called the library.  Now that my career is going in a different direction, I am no longer in need of all of these books.  Especially since I will be teaching visually impaired students soon and will need books in a different media.

With the aide of this website, I am able to trade my books for the ones that I really need.  The fantastic thing?  They even have books in braille on this site!!!!  Fantastic!

The site is easy to navigate and offers over a million books.  You receive three free book credits just for uploading nine books you are willing to exchange when you join, so trying this site is easy.  What do you have lose?  Recycling books is eco-friendly.  This is much cheaper than a big box book retailer and you can sit at the computer with your own coffee.  Try it out!

http://www.paperbackswap.com