Do you belong to a book exchange group?

bookmooch.com similar but you dont use media mail and its world wide

BookCrossing.com is very international. They have posted on their website statistics of their membership around the world. I am a member but I am not very active. I don't like to give up my books for one thing. But also being from a small town there is not a lot of activity. The whole idea was to set a book out into the wild and anyone who picked it up would journal it on the website using your code number. I looked forward to seeing my books travel around the world. But, whoever was picking up my books would not journal them so I kind of gave up on it. I still get notices when a book is released in my area and if it interests me I will make an attempt to get the book. I found a book once but it was fantasy which I don't read. I journaled it as a courtesy (because no one bothered to do it for me) and told the person that released it that I had no intention of reading it but would re-release it. She insisted I read the book, that it was very good. And it was. It was hilarious. I am so glad she talked me into reading it. Once in awhile I get an email notice of a book being released in my town, but not very often. They do very well in places like New Zealand. People also post pictures of their book in the place they released it. It seems like so much fun but I just couldn't get into it. Besides, as a writer, I have to take into consideration that this is cutting back on the book purchasing market and if I were ever to get a book published, I would want people to BUY it. ;-)

I've never heard of that sort of site before but I'll check it out as well as some of the other sites mentioned by others who have responded. Although mind you, I have whole shelves on my bookcase filled with books I've still to read so maybe I should make an effort with them first!

no, i have never tried participating in one. neither are there reputable book clubs from where i am residing now. there might be some but it so happens that i am not aware of any.

That sounds really interesting, i wodner if there's anything like it in the UK? I know there's GreenMetropolis, where you list your books and get paid a fixed amount for them on you GrenMetropolis account, and can buy other bookds for a fixed amount (hard back ones have extra p&p included). Also, there' s BookCrossing where you simply 'release' a book out into the world (well, wherever you live) and let people on bookCrossing know so that maybe they can go find it!

I am in two such groups. PaperbackSwap is a new one to me and I am glad to hear about it. I am in FrugalReader.com and titletrader.com. Both work exactly the same way. I like FrugalReader better for their search ability and for their forums. Titletrader has a horrible search engine. You list an author or a title and it gives you everything with any of the words in it! On the other hand, Titletrader has CDs, VHS, and DVD's in addition to books. I have never had any trouble with either site. If I order a book and don't get it for some reason, I get my request point(s) back. It's getting a bit expensive, though, with the new postage rates! Thanks for the post and the link. I will check it out!

I belong to bookcrossing.com I have done quite a few bookrings and trades on there. I like it better than Paperbackswap....