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  • July 21, 2008 at 5:12 pm #40189
    Jordan
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    Alrighty, I’ve been following the thread where the discussion has turned to http://PaperbackSwap.com and my dad just sent me http://BookMooch.com which seems to be the same sort of thing.

    So here’s my question. Have you tried either of these? What’s your experience them? Do you know of any others? Again, what’s your experience with them?

    July 21, 2008 at 9:53 pm #43044
    Owan
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    I know people on NarniaWeb who use those sites, I don’t. But, you can do the same thing with Goodreads.com. ;) Never tried and have no desire too.

    July 22, 2008 at 1:53 am #43045
    Pip
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    Paperbackswap.com is expensive once you sell a lot of books…postage adds up! But it’s kinda neat being able to shop and buy and sell meself.

    July 22, 2008 at 5:31 pm #43046
    Alassiel
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    I love Paperbackswap. Postage does add up, but you’re really only paying about 2 dollars per book. That’s not too bad. PBS is very user-friendly and easy to understand. I’ve never used BookMooch, so I can’t compare.

    July 22, 2008 at 9:58 pm #43047
    Jordan
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    I’ve done some on BookMooch now, listed a bunch of books so I’d have credits, and now I have to send out ten already! So I figured I’d better get a few so I wasn’t just paying lots of postage. Still waiting for them to come, we’ll see how well it works.

    July 25, 2008 at 5:55 pm #43048
    Jordan
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    Update! I sent out five packages today, media mail is cheaper than I thought. And then I received one of my books just now. Now I need to find time to read The Mysterious Island again. :wink:

    July 30, 2008 at 12:39 am #43049
    Owan
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    Very cool on your success, Jordan! :D

    July 30, 2008 at 11:48 am #43050
    Jordan
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    I don’t know that you’d call it success. I discovered that I have lots of desirable books, and too many books of my own already, and the ones that I want are pretty hard to find people who want to give them away. :-)

    August 1, 2008 at 5:27 am #43051
    Pip
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    Good ‘eavens! You can NEVER have too many books, jordan!!!!!! :lol: I just recently got s’more books from PaperbackSwap; I’ve been surprised at the good condition they’re in. I was expecting smelly, beat-up old thangs! Has anyone ever gotten bummers like that? We got the evil-smellingest copy of the Illiad on Amazon, and I still wonder at how I ever got through the whole thing without passing out!

    August 1, 2008 at 11:27 am #43052
    Jordan
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    I don’t mean I have too many books, just that I have so many that I can’t think of books that I want to own!

    August 2, 2008 at 9:51 pm #43053
    Pip
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    Hmm…*suspiciously*

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