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Press & Media >USA WEEKEND
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June, 2007
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Book swap made easy
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By Melanie D. G. Kaplan, USA WEEKEND
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Some books are worth parking on your bookshelf forever. Others, not so much. So when a friend told me about the online book-swap site Bookins.com, I was intrigued. It's a more targeted way to barter than Craigslist (where it wouldn't be odd to find a "my books for your hamster" posting); it's simpler than Amazon Marketplace (which has sellers running to the post office every time they get a "Sold, ship now" e-mail); and the books are free.
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| Here's how it works: You get 15 points just for signing up, then more points for every book posted that someone else wants to grab. Points are assigned according to a book's age and original cost. An old Danielle Steel book might be 3 points; "The Da Vinci Code" audiobook, on 13 CDs, is 27.
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Bookins is not the only swap site out there (others are ReadersUnited.com and PaperBackSwap.com), but I like Bookins because the only cost is for the book's recipient -- a flat $3.99 for postage and delivery confirmation. The shipper can print a mailing label at home. It is actually more postage than you need for sending most books, but it beats standing in line at the post office.
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