Is anybody else using the book trading websites out there?
I have been trading on www.swaptree.com and have been very pleased with it. So far I have traded about 10 books.
It is much easier to trade for novels and other popular books than it is for business books. I have traded for some though. So far I have traded for Freakanomics, Blink, Love is the Killer App, Managing with Power, and Winning.
I just wanted to throw that option out there because it is a good way to salvage a little of the remaining value in books once I am done with them.
Josh
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I haven't tried them, but my cousin adores Bookmooch.
Then again, it's fiction she's after. :)
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I have heard a lot of people like Bookmooch. At first glance, the site is much less user friendly and not very attractive. It does have a cool feature where you can download your amazon wishlist instead of searching for all the books you want.
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[quote]I just wanted to throw that option out there because it is a good way to salvage a little of the remaining value in books once I am done with them. [/quote]
... this comment perplexes me. I re-read and re-re-read books all the time. They lose no value to me just b/c I've read them.
Of course, I have to fight tooth and nail to keep family members from throwing my books away . . . so maybe it's just me
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Not just you, Ron. Most books fall under the 'you can pry it from my cold dead hands' category. Others...not so much. This applies to fiction and non-fiction (my library is about equal parts of each at this point).
It really annoyed my ex-husband. He went so far during a move as to weigh the moving truck, load up just my books, then weigh it again. When I say, "I have a ton of books." I'm not kidding. Or exaggerating. Of course, that was about 12 years ago, and I'm still a book junkie.
Worse? We have a Borders Outlet nearby. I can often pick up new books (many hardback editions) for $4 or less. I find that I read a much wider variety because of this - many of the books they have in stock aren't my standard fare. It's definitely expanded what I will consider reading.
Oh...that's in addition to my well worn used book store account and my Barnes and Noble addiction.
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There's Border's Outlets?!
My bank manager just fainted!
I'm a read it once, or twice sell it on Amazon kind of girl. But then I don't watch films more than once either.
Each to their own I guess.
Wendii