Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Swap books for free

Hi Ladies,

I recently joined Swaptree: http://www.swaptree.com, and thought I'd share. You easily post what books and music CDs you have that you don't want anymore and then create a list of books and music that you want. The website automatically matches you with someone who has what you want and is willing to exchange for what you have.

For example, I posted 20 books that I am willing to swap. Out of those, 4 of them were already on other peoples' "want list" and i can choose from a list of over 1500 books or music CDs (and even a few DVDs) that people are willing to trade for my books. There is a 1 to 1 ratio so whether you post a CD, DVD, or book, you must be willing to trade it for 1 item. I haven't posted a "want" list yet but it's nice knowing i could have my choice of all those books.

I thought it would take a long time to enter all my books in but you just type in the ISBN number next to the barcode on the book (or the barcode number on a CD/DVD) and the website finds the cover for you. It took me 5 minutes to enter 20 books.

All you pay is shipping (media mail is cheap) to send your book and you can swap books and CDs. I heard about it on Today Show a while ago but just got around to making an account. I thought this would be great especially among the group if anyone has books they want to swap. We could also consider swapping books within our group if anyone's interested.

Hope you're having a good week.

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