BookMooch

Dalen · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:11 pm

http://bookmooch.com/

Similar to lala.com, but for books.

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:02 pm

Dalen Wrote:

http://bookmooch.com/

Similar to lala.com, but for books.

Do you have to beg for the cover artwork, too? :lol:

Nah, actually, that's a great idea. It's not worth trying to sell most books - they never get enough to make the trip worthwhile, and I have finicky tastes in books like I do in music, so used bookstores are hit and miss for me. And Amazon . . . it seems like a losing proposition to sell most books through them unless they sell for a decent amount. By the time Amazon takes their cut, you're left with a tiny amount.

south pacific · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:40 pm

Cool. Just signed up for this.

I listed 20 paperbacks I no longer want and requested 2 Nick Hornby books I haven't read yet from someone. Sweeet!

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:41 am

Just signed. Listed about 26 books I've been holding onto for a while.

Requested 'About A Boy'.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

alongwaltz Wrote:

Requested 'About A Boy'.

That's one of my favorite Hornby books... so much better than the movie.

This site is awesome. I've been dying to trade books with someone.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:11 pm

red Wrote:

alongwaltz Wrote:

Requested 'About A Boy'.

That's one of my favorite Hornby books... so much better than the movie.

Ditto. Substituting Nirvana for some generic rapper to make the movie more modern was stupid. I was looking forward to the ending with the record shop and prison and all that.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

As I do with music, I maintain a library. I don't ever sell books unless they were so atrociously bad that it would be a disservice to foist them on someone else.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2006 12:37 pm

My username on there is alongwaltz, by the way.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:21 pm

I just got Shopgirl in the mail for free today. That's awesome.

But I can't ask for anymore until somebody wants one of mine. And nobody does because it's 95% my sisters' Full House and Babysitters Club books.

So much for that site. At least I got one free book out of it.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

How funny that this was bumped. I just got around to creating my account this morning. I'm vinylstar on there. I'm going to update my books this afternoon.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:30 pm

You guys actually want books in return?

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:31 pm

I got 2 matt groening "is hell" books last week.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:39 am

I have gotten so many free books through this. Two just arrived today.

All of Hornby's fiction books. Marc Spitz's How Soon Is Never?. An A.A. Milne mystery novella, some Vonnegut, Jason Lutes, etc.

Totally awesome. I've only had to send out three books too.

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:08 am

So far I've sent out 8 books and have received 2.

I've got about 15 titles on my want list but can't seem to get them from someone else yet.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:21 am

adolf hipster Wrote:

I got 2 matt groening "is hell" books last week.

i have the whole collection!!

great, another site to occupy all my days.....sigh.

shiv · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:39 am

i keep getting requests for books but i'm too lazy to go through with sending them.

south pacific · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:04 am

Yeah, I can see how being a mailman would make it difficult for you to send off those books.

j/k

lol:

shiv · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:06 am

i mean i don't get free postage or discounts and to actually mail stuff i have to go down to the store, which isn't very far but it's just annoying to have to go there.

also, i haven't really found much that i've wanted on that site.

Cosmic Bus · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:42 am

I use the site occasionally, but it's pretty irritating that they require the extra step of having to confirm that you actually want a particular title to be sent when it becomes available. I've missed out on quite a few books because the "available" e-mail was sent while I was at work and someone else got ahold of the book by the time I knew it was even there.

Should be like Lala where someone can send a title right away if you have it on your want list.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:54 pm

The Mayor of Simpleton Wrote:

And Amazon . . . it seems like a losing proposition to sell most books through them unless they sell for a decent amount. By the time Amazon takes their cut, you're left with a tiny amount.

That's not really true unless you're selling books for less than $3. Usually they pad the shipping cost too, which usually offsets some of their rip.

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