Did you trade baseball cards with your friends when you were a kid? It was fun, wasn’t it? Well, here is a new twist on this old idea: Swap books, DVDs, and CDs with folks online.
PaperBackSwap has been in existence since 2006. They have over two millions books on hand. To join, all you have to do is list ten books that you currently own and are willing to swap with others.
If someone wants one of your books, you will receive an email requesting it. Then all you have to do is send the book to them via media mail (which is the most affordable way to send reading material).
In addition, each time you mail a book you receive a credit towards books that you would like for yourself.
Another popular website is called BookMooch and has about half a million books available. Similarly, Title Trader allows you to swap CDs, DVDs, and VHS tapes.
Swaptree was recently written about in the New York Daily News’ “Your Money” section. The article by Jean Chatsky with Arielle McGowen talks about trading and how you can save a ton of money on swapping books, CDs, and DVDs.
In the article, it was stated that “According to one of Swaptree’s founders, Mark Hexamer, the site’s users get about $30,000 worth of free media every day by trading up – that’s almost a quarter million a week.”
Just as with the other sites, Swaptree only requires that you pay for shipping. Again, utilizing media mail can save you quite a bit of money.
While the library is a great source for obtaining current book titles, sometimes they only have one copy and it could be out for a long period of time. By using any one of these swap sites – you can literally choose any book from the comfort of your home on any given day.
Who knows, you may even make a new online friend who has interests similar to your own!
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