We have really been enjoying Paperback Swap! We’ve gotten rid of some embarrassing books no used book store would take off our hands in exchange for really great ones from a wide variety of genres. I took the time to add almost 200 books we’d like to our wishlist and several times a week, someone posts one of them and if we’re first in line, we get 48 hours to decide if we’d like it before it ends up for grabs to everyone. All but one of the books we’ve gotten were through our wish list. So, it did take some effort to set up but now we’re reaping the benefits! If you just list 9 books in the system, you get 3 credits (which equals three free books), and if you sign up with our link, we get a credit, too!
We LOVE paperbackswap too!
My initial reaction was that this would be a bad idea, but then I realized we’d be trading 9 books for three, which would be a good thing, considering the stacks of books we have which won’t fit on any of our shelves! So Paul, go ahead and sign up, honey!
;)
Well, every one of the nine you send is another credit, so really, that doesn’t work to your favor Lenise, but you can fill your wish list with children’s books and trade big adult books and you’d still come out ahead… ;o)
wow!!! i’ll have to check it out.
Too bad I got rid of ALL of our undesirable paperback books in the last yard sale. I had about 5 boxes too! I was tired of storing them and wanted them GONE.
I just want to know what the embarrassing titles were . . . :-)
For the good Reverend:
We’ve sent out —
250 Ways to Make America Better – Carolyn Mackler
I Kissed Dating Goodbye – Joshua Harris
Don’t Make Me Count to Three: a Mom’s Look at Heart-Oriented Discipline – Ginger Plowman
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook – Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht
Beau Geste – Percival C. Wren
We’ve received or will receive —
The Truth About God: The Ten Commandments in Christian Life – Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon
Best Word Book Ever! – Richard Scarry
The Complete Stories – Flannery O’Connor
What Are People For? – Wendell Berry
I Spy Little Animals – Jean Marzollo
All the King’s Men – Robert Penn Warren
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation – tr. Seamus Heaney
(and we haven’t used all our credits!)
Well, I’ve been on it like six hours and already ordered two and sent two (I have three more credits).
there’s nothing embarassing about joshua harris unless you actually did kiss dating goodbye
hey–we signed up. how fun. also, notice the new email address. hope you’re loving your new place! :)
I sure hope she’s kissed dating goodbye! I’ll start to wonder what she’s actually doing when she goes ‘shopping’. ;oP
yeah, mike. you better hope kristen has moved into the “boy meets girl” phase of her life.
lol!
If I owned BMG, I\’d be pbs-ing that too, but I borrowed it from Jonathan Moseley when I read it back in the day…
well, this lady in waiting has yet to get to the BMG :)
okay, I had to come back and tell you that we are obsessed with PBS! :) I’ve already sent out 3 and am getting 2 more!
Just signed up. Sent one out already and have another that is on someone’s list. I managed to scrounge up a few books that will not be missed :)
Thanks Kristen! Enjoy the credit!