January 9th, 2008
From the little I've seen so far, BookMooch is one of the more fun and useful sites for book lovers I've discovered in a while. But beware, gentle reader, if you're unable to bear the thought of parting with a single book -- ever -- this site is not for you.
Two days ago I signed up and indicated I had an advance reading copy of Have You Found Her to give away. Right away the next day I had an eager individual desiring my copy, and today I sent it to her for less than $3 via media mail. For inventorying the book, I received 0.1 points; for sending it, I received 1 point. Now I can request a book I'd like from another user, which costs 1 point. Essentially, it's a world-wide book-trading service, but no money exchanges hands.
I initially signed up because I haven't been sure what to do with the ARCs I've received from LibraryThing after I've finished reading them. Now this kind of makes me want to get some books out of storage to review and decide whether they're still worth keeping, or whether I should release them to another happy reader.
Two days ago I signed up and indicated I had an advance reading copy of Have You Found Her to give away. Right away the next day I had an eager individual desiring my copy, and today I sent it to her for less than $3 via media mail. For inventorying the book, I received 0.1 points; for sending it, I received 1 point. Now I can request a book I'd like from another user, which costs 1 point. Essentially, it's a world-wide book-trading service, but no money exchanges hands.
I initially signed up because I haven't been sure what to do with the ARCs I've received from LibraryThing after I've finished reading them. Now this kind of makes me want to get some books out of storage to review and decide whether they're still worth keeping, or whether I should release them to another happy reader.
- Mood:
pleased