BookMooch - who's in?

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Yet another damn WEB20SOCIALNETWORKBULLDADA site, but I find this one appealing. The deal with BookMooch is this:

-List books you want to give away.
-When someone wants a book of yours, you send it to them and get credit for doing so.
-Take your earned credits and request books you want from others.

I'm sitting on a bunch of books that I know I'm not going to read again and have zero buy back value at the local used book stores. I'd rather give them away to people who want them.

I've only have two listed right this minute, but my page is here: http://bookmooch.com/m/inventory/quartzcity

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 28 August 2006 23:03 (nineteen years ago)

Ages ago, I worked in an office with several other readers. Every few weeks, one of us would bring in a grocery sack full of random books we'd finished and some other of us would take them away to read. There was also a bookshelf in the break room where books would come and go.

I'd be more likely to manage something like that - shipping off a random box of books every now and then, rather than going through the listing and selecting and rejecting.

So - any of you lot want a random box of books? Email me. No guarantees what you'll get, but we're moving soon and need to thin things out.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

This seems like a worthy idea. I created a profile, but I've only listed two books so far:

http://www.bookmooch.com/m/inventory/onate

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

I signed up, but then I realised that I like almost all the books I have and I don't want to give any away. The only ones I don't like were gifts and it seems rude to get rid off those.

― Ionica (Ionica), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

Well, if you've already read them (or even if you haven't), wouldn't the gift-giver appreciate the notion that someone else is now enjoying the book? I don't see why gift-books should be treated any differently in that regard. I often give away books that I liked, simply because I have limited shelf-space and I don't anticipate wanting to read the book again.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, I've barely been signed up for a few days, and I've already given away three books. This is fun.

― o. nate (onate), Sunday, 3 September 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

I've had success too. Already got rid of a book that's been cluttering my shelves since uni. Worth a try.

Apparently BookMooch isn't the only site of its kind, but I love the simplicity.

― one six oh (one six oh), Saturday, 9 September 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

I too am on the Bookmooch, and it's pretty awesome.
Just today I got a book.
My user name is Chelvis, same as here.

― Chelvis, Saturday, 19 January 2008 20:33 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

Just on it... saving me a fortune on buying new books!

― AndyTheScot, Sunday, 10 August 2008 00:22 (seventeen years ago)

I'm on this.

http://bookmooch.com/m/bio/hoosteen

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 10 August 2008 00:55 (seventeen years ago)

what's your username andy?

I'm on as cozen

― cozwn, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 12:37 (seventeen years ago)

argosgold

― AndyTheScot, Friday, 22 August 2008 20:05 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

Bookmooch seems to be down at the moment... Just as I get a huge load of requests. Dammit.

― AndyTheScot, Sunday, 14 December 2008 14:52 (sixteen years ago)

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