PaperBackSwap.com Reviews

I've just recently started using this site in addition to BookMooch as a way to trade my books. I instantly fell in love with the site when I saw that you could print your postage directly from the site and never have to go to the post office again... yay!! As soon as I browsed the site for a little bit I moved about 80% of my books from my BookMooch inventory to my PaperBackSwap inventory, I was ready to rock. Now, after using both sites for a while I am finding some cons to this site that there aren't on BookMooch and am considering keeping the same inventory on both for more chances to get requests....

What I'm about to tell you sounds too good to be true, but there is absolutely NO CATCH whatsoever.  I've been a member of paperbackswap for about a year, and I can tell you from experience that it's a very simple way to get used books for free.  FREE!

Here's the deal.  Just dig through your closet and find some old books you no longer want.  Then you "post" your books on the site under your name.  If someone on the site wants one of your books, you simply print out the wrapper from your computer.  The wrapper will already have the address of the person that wants the book, and will tell you...

If you love to read, than this is a great site to visit.  It's fun, fast, and best of all, it's FREE!!!  What you do is look for a book that you are interested in reading.  Once you locate that book on this site, you request it.  Then another member will mail it right to your house.  When you are done reading it, you list it back on the site and then some one else requests it.  The only catch is you have to pay for shipping when you mail out the book, but when you recieve it, it's free.  The only down fall to listing books on this site is that it's a first in, first out site.   That means...

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...

I've belonged to paperbackswap for about two years and really love this site.  In all my transactions I've only received a bad book twice.  Which really isn't all that bad considering my hundreds of transactions.  For the most part people there are pretty honest and try to deal fairly with you.  Just like they expect you to deal fairly with them.  This site is wonderful for a heavy reader like me and I've found that you usually don't have to wait all that long to receive a new book in the mail.  I don't really think that paying postage is a con, afterall nothing is completely free and you...

Here is a website disigned by book lovers for book lovers. Two guys who shared a raging passion for reading and found that they had shelves of books they had read and were always buying more, came up with the idea that similar minded people could swap books with each other via website and the US Postal Service.
When you get to their website, you can join right away. There is no entrance fee, and the rules are simple. You have to log in 9 books or more to get started (most people who use this site have maybe 9 SHELVES of books!) After you have logged in your books, you start out with 3 credits....

Paperbackswap has saved me hundred of dollars, introduced me to new authors and is very convenient and easy to use. It's free to join, and they'll even give you 2 free credits for listing your first 10 books. The only required cost is for postage, which depending on the weight of the book can run around $2 and up per book. It works on the credit system. When someone requests your book, you package it and mail it (the sender pays for postage). When the book is received, you receive a credit that you can use to request any book you want. If the book you want isn't currently available in their huge...

Recently I found an AWESOME site called Swap-A-Book. There you post a list of books you are willing to swap with other readers. Once you post 10 books you are given 2 "credits". You can then use those credits to request any books posted by others. You earn more when your books are requested and you mail them out. Once they are received, the requestor will notify the site and you are given credit. It's great! Basically you are getting a book for the cost of shipping (about...

PAPERBACKSWAP.COM is one of the best ideas to come down the pike. It is a place to get books for free. You have to get credits in order to get them, of course. You start  by listing at least 9 books you are willing to swap out, and you are given 3 starter credits. You can use these to order 3 books from the over a million listed by members. Some are on wait lists, but most are out there to be had as soon as the other person mails it. Most books you mail out are sent by Media Mail, which is pretty inexpensive, about $2.65 for the average paperback. You then print out the "Wrapper", which is two...

http://www.Paperbackswap.com is a great site if you love to read, & it's great if you like to recycle.  You receive 2 credits for listing your first 10 books, then you may order books.  It usually costs 1 credit for a paperback.  You choose a book, & when you receive it you log-on and the person who sent it gets a credit.  When someone chooses one of your books,you receive an e-mail, then it's easy to print a mailing label, wrap it & bring it to the post office.  There is also an option where you may print a label with postage, I'm not sure if you pay by credit card only or if you can use...

At www.paperbackswap.com, you can trade books you've already read for books you want, absolutely free! I almost never pay for my books anymore because of this site! It's great! The only con is that, while there are a ton of books available, sometimes books you want may not be available and you have to place them on a wishlist until someone else lists it for you to request. In this case, though, if you really just can't wait for it there is a link where you can buy it from another website if you want (I think amazon?). They also have sister sites www.swapacd.com and www.swapadvd.com

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