Oct-22-2010, 04:11 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Oct-22-2010, 04:12 AM (UTC) by redchild.)
PaperBackSwap is a sort of network where people can trade their used books that are in relatively good condition. It runs on a system of credits: 1 credit for one book, 2 credits for audiobooks.
You simply post the ISBN's of the books you don't want anymore up for trade and when another user wants your book, they can request it. You print out the shipping label and mail it to them. You pay for the shipping, the price depends on the weight of the book. When they receive your book, they'll mark it as received and you get a credit which you can use towards requesting a book.
And it works vice versa so when you request a book, that person will mail it to you and they will receive credit after you've gotten the book.
Of course the down side to this is the only books you can request are ones that are available. You can wish list it and PBS will email you if the wished book is posted and you can request it. The other down point is that it might take a while to earn credits because not everyone may be rushing to order books from you. Titles that have multiple copies in the system are requested by the order of when that book was posted. So if you have a really ubiquitous title, it will take a longer time for it to be your turn to mail it out. You can also buy credits (about 4 dollars a credit) if you're running short.
Otherwise it's pretty nifty and even useful as I've already used it before to request books for school. Then I post it back when I'm finished and get credits when somebody else wants it.
You simply post the ISBN's of the books you don't want anymore up for trade and when another user wants your book, they can request it. You print out the shipping label and mail it to them. You pay for the shipping, the price depends on the weight of the book. When they receive your book, they'll mark it as received and you get a credit which you can use towards requesting a book.
And it works vice versa so when you request a book, that person will mail it to you and they will receive credit after you've gotten the book.
Of course the down side to this is the only books you can request are ones that are available. You can wish list it and PBS will email you if the wished book is posted and you can request it. The other down point is that it might take a while to earn credits because not everyone may be rushing to order books from you. Titles that have multiple copies in the system are requested by the order of when that book was posted. So if you have a really ubiquitous title, it will take a longer time for it to be your turn to mail it out. You can also buy credits (about 4 dollars a credit) if you're running short.
Otherwise it's pretty nifty and even useful as I've already used it before to request books for school. Then I post it back when I'm finished and get credits when somebody else wants it.
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