Reading...

Well, I recently signed up with a website called "Paperback Swap" and there I can get rid of books that I don't want anymore and trade them in on books that I do want... I have to say, it's nice... But here is a list of pros and cons.

Pros:

* Books you want for your old ones
* You get 2 free credits to start out with, if you post 10 books for swap (I posted the books to get the 2 credits and then I later took the books out of my list... I know I'm bad.)
* You don't literally swap, you send out a book and you get a credit to use for another book
* It's free when you get a book

Cons:

* You have to wait in line for a book if others want it too, or there are none available
* You have to pay postage yourself whenever you send a book, but that goes for people sending you a book too.
* Sometimes the wait lines take forever, and it gets frustrating when you want a book and there are 50+ other people who want it too


All in all, I think it's a pretty good website if you don't mind waiting for books. I've gotten about 5 books from the site and if it's a popular book, the wait lines aren't too long.

Be warned though, if you get a book that lots of people have and no one wants them and you get it and it sucks ass, you're going to have a hard time getting rid of it and you're out of a credit that you could have used for something better. I don't use the program to get books that everyone has, but no one wants.

I forgot... Here is the link to the website... Click here

Oh, and I am pretty sure international people can use the website too.

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I used to do something similar. Just with something enjoyable. Video games. :P (not a big fan of books)
Goozex.com is basically the exact same thing.
 

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