Is Anyone Here a Member of BookMooch?

[klj]

Anyone used BookMooch? I'm just wondering what you thought of it?

[OldPostcards]

no, but if it is a site where you can find out of print books I will take a look - trying to find Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, by Laurie Graham.... and not at the inflated prices the very few copies are going for on Feebay.

[klj]

It's a book exchange site - you list books to give away and get points to get books others are giving away. You just might have some luck with out of print books - there seem to be quite a few books listed that you don't see on the ordinary selling sites.

[meebo1]

I like the idea, so have signed up. Tomorrow I may have a bit more time to browse

[TreasuredBargains]

no, but if it is a site where you can find out of print books I will take a look - trying to find Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, by Laurie Graham.... and not at the inflated prices the very few copies are going for on Feebay.

Did you try Abebooks?

[iwiw60]

klj, I'm a member...have been for over 2 years. I can't speak for other members of the site, but as for me I've never gotten 'ripped off' by a request for a book from another member.

Be aware, however, that most of these books have seen 'better days'!

[OldPostcards]

Did you try Abebooks?

I did try Abebooks a while ago yes, there were only expensive copies there but hey! Just looked again and there was one for under a tenner.

Marvellous! Thanks for reminding me to look again!

May just look at bookmooch now - sounds good.

[klj]

klj, I'm a member...have been for over 2 years. I can't speak for other members of the site, but as for me I've never gotten 'ripped off' by a request for a book from another member.

Be aware, however, that most of these books have seen 'better days'!

Thanks for the info. I would expect to be getting 'reading copies' from a site like this. Just wondered how you did with finding what you wanted and getting rid of what you listed.

[iwiw60]

Thanks for the info. I would expect to be getting 'reading copies' from a site like this. Just wondered how you did with finding what you wanted and getting rid of what you listed.

Getting rid of what I listed never seemed to be a problem...but! Finding what I wanted is another story altogether. They're search system is really flawed, to say the least. Well, let me clarify that...if you drop in a specific title and/or author usually no problem. But if you want to go "shopping" for books it's really quite a mess. I sometimes have spent literally hours browsing around....good luck to you!

[klj]

Aha. So title and author it is then. Thank you!