[LMB] OT: AKICIF: on line book swap groups?

Nancy L. Barber nlbarber at mac.com
Mon Sep 24 18:57:27 BST 2007


At 6:04 PM +0100 9/24/07, ANDREW BARTON wrote:
>   > I use paperbackswap.com and bookmooch.com. I find bookmooch
>easier to use and more generous with the credits, but often I
>can find books on paperbackswap that I can't find on bookmooch.
>I have my books listed on both. <
>
>   Thanks for the info - paperbackswap seems to be US-only, but 
>bookmooch is international?  Is that right?

Yes, that's correct.  Paperbackswap uses a very simple one book =
one credit model, and decided that international swapping would
make that unfair.  Bookmooch built the international adjustment
into their credit system.

I'm on PBS only at the moment, but am looking at adding one more,
probably bookmooch.  But then I'm in the U.S....

     Nancy


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