Book Swapping

I'm not sure why I bothered signing up at whatsonmybookshelf.com when it turns out there are many other sites out there doing the same thing. Some of the other sites have a much larger selection of books as well as different points systems.

The first site was sf-books which trades in sci-fi and fantasy books. I might check that out when I want a new sci-fi book. I don't have a ton of sci-fi I'm ready to give away yet though.

bookins.com has an interesting system. It is a flat rate $3.99 for every book you receive. Sending books is free, using labels that can be printed on your own printer. Alas, when you try signing up, I get this "Bookins does not ship internationally. We ship within the United States and to U.S. Territories." If there was a website like this in Canada that would be great. At the bottom of their pages it says "US Patent Pending." If they didn't patent it in Canada it might be possible to copy their idea exactly.

bookcrossing.com goes a bit like this: "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise."

titletrader.com - Swapping of books, CDs, DVDs and available for Canadians.

There are a bunch more book swapping sites at Wikipedia.

I'm thinking of giving up on whatsonmybookshelf.com and going with bookmooch.com for any future books I want to get rid of. It has far more books than whatsonmybookshelf.com (see here compared to whatsonmybookshelf.com which only has 400 or so books). I like bookmooch.com's points system better:

I like how you get more points for sending a book internationally, something that isn't accounted for on whatsonmybookshelf.com.