Someone told me of this site just a few weeks ago and I'm really enjoying it. You can create an account, list all the books you have that you are willing and interested in trading to other folks, and request books that other people have listed. It is entirely free to join (right now - they warn that they may have to charge a fee in the future, but they guarantee any new member at least 12 months free at the moment). Once you list 10 books you are willing to swap, the system grants you 2 credits for free just for joining. Then you browse the approximately 2.5 million books that are posted on the site and pick what you want. The individual who listed the book is then contacted to send it off to you via US Post Office media mail. (about $2.23 on average) Once you report receiving that book, the sender gets a credit to order another book from someone else.
The only money you pay out is the postage to send books that someone requests from you. When that happens, you earn a credit to order a book from someone else.
This is a great system of sharing books around with other people and finding books you want at a really reasonable cost. Granted, the books you post need to be desirable or no one will ever order books from you. (If no one orders books from you, your account never earns credits to order other books.) Oh, and if you care to use cash, credits can be purchased for $3.45 each as well.
Since this whole system requires participation, I'm telling my friends! I've actually seen the number of books posted in the system grow in the last 4 weeks that I've been using it, so the word must be getting around.
(Oh, and they have related sites for trading DVDs and other stuff. The credits can be used on any of the sites, I believe.) (-:
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