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Oct 05, 2007 07:10PM

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If you just want to find a home for books you can give books away on freecycle (http://www.freecycle.org)
Less easy, but more fun and a way to replenish your books - bookmooch.
It takes some time but it is so very fun to get book packages in the mail.

joining these swap sites has increased my TBR pile to nearly 100. and of course that doesn't even include a few books that are sitting on another bookshelf that I have had and not read yet. I don't even want to think about those yet!




Otherwise you might find the Angel network helpful - these are lovely people willing to act as middlemen to get the books from the people who can't send overseas to the people that want them.
Here is the link - http://bmangelnetwork.googlepages.com/
The wiki pages mentioned don't seem to work at the moment, but I'm sure people on the Bookmooch forum would help if you needed more explanation.
Good luck and happy mooching!



I made up a wishlist of over 100 books. In the two months that I belonged, only one was ever available. I browsed the inventory, sometimes more than once a day, and found primarily old books, books that are easily obtained at the library, and books that nobody wants. (If you don't believe me, check out their inventory).
Most disturbing was the fact that the moocher from whom I requested my third book took a week to mail it and six weeks later it still had not arrived. When I checked her statistics, I found that my book was the 73rd that she had allegedly mailed that had been "lost in the mail".
It is not possible to contact anyone at Bookmooch other than technical support. I emailed technical support to ask how they could have a member who has lost 73 books in the mail. After that, my account was shut down. I was unable to claim another book, so I was out the postage for one of the three that I sent. I emailed technical support MANY times and they never responded or reopened my account.


Is it worth the money?
