Ever bothered about the huge pile of old books of all kinds sitting in your cup board or attic not knowing what to do with them? Don’t worry – You can trade your unwanted books for the ones you want. Thanks to Internet here are two options for you to consider.

Paperbackswap.com is a site that allows you to swap paperback books with each other.

This is how it works. You list a bunch of books on the site (you have to list at least 9 books to get in the club) and you get 3 free book credits to get you started. So you can order 3 books right away – free of charge and have them mailed directly to you. No strings attached. You just have to love reading books!

Then when another member selects one of your books that you have listed, you mail it to them. You pay for the postage (usually $1.60). But then you get a book credit and you can select a book that you want. So another Club Member returns the favor and mails you one of their books free of charge. For every book you mail out, you get another book in return – a true shared system!

And when someone requests one of your books, all you have to do is print a single piece of regular paper from your printer which includes the mailing address and the amount of postage. Then drop it in the outbound mail. Hey, you don’t even need to go to the post office!

Right now the annual club membership is free. Eventually the founders will ask everyone to help contribute to pay for the upkeep of the web site, but for now the annual club membership is free. The annual dues will probably be between $10 and $20 based on the number of people in the club. But again, right now you don’t even have to pay any dues for one year if you become a Charter Member. The site currently has about 1.1 million books on offer. You can also check out this how it works link. If you want to swap a CD or a DVD then use swapacd.com

Titletrader.com is similar to paperbackswap but seems like a smaller one at the moment. Fewer books are available. They also provide swapping of CD’s DVD’s, video games and magazines.

Pre-condition: Paperbackswap.com & titletrader.com are useful mainly to US residents.

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