Where to Get Books

A perennial concern of the avid reader is finding books to read without spending too much money. This list of places to find good books for low prices should help in your search.

About
PaperBackSwap.com is a website involved with swapping books. People can post books they are willing to part with in exchange for credits. These credits can then be used in exchange for books posted by other members. Users are also able to create wish lists to be automatically notified when something on their list has been posted by another user.

Cost
Currently there is no cost to be a member of PaperBackSwap.com, but there are small costs involved in swapping books. For example, you must pay the shipping for a book someone requests from you. However, you receive a credit when the other person marks that book as received, which you can then use to request a book at no charge to you (since the shipping is paid by the person sending a book to you). It's not exactly free, but it is significantly cheaper than buying new books.

The site makes buying shipping easy by having a printable postage-paid sheet that you can use to wrap the book you are going to mail. Alternatively, you can print just the address of the requester and then package and ship it yourself.

You may also buy credits at $3.45 each.

Others to do
GoodReads Bookswap

Booksfreeswap

Bookswap.com

Swap.com

Bookins.com

Changobooks

Title Trader

Bookmooch