Something for the broke bibliophile

If you're like me, then your appetite for books is outpaced only by your inability to locate/afford them. what if you could swap meet for these titles? Say, give away a book, and then receive one that you actually wanted? Imagine NetFlix for the literatti.

 It might not help you get into MENSA, but chicks dig literacy.

Wish no more, it exists at BookMooch.com, and, it's free. Here's how it works according to the owners:

Give & receive: Every time you give someone a book, you earn a point and can get any book you want from anyone else at BookMooch. Once you've read a book, you can keep it forever or put it back into BookMooch for someone else, as you wish.

No cost: there is no cost to join or use this web site: your only cost is mailing your books to others.

Points for entering books: you receive a tenth-of-a-point for every book you type into our system, and one point each time you give a book away. In order to keep receiving books, you need to give away at least one book for every two you receive.

Help charities: you can also give your points to charities we work with, such as children's hospitals (so a sick kid can get a free book delivered to their bed), Library fund, African literacy, or to us to thank us for running this web site.

I thoroughly plan on availing myself of this service, and will let you know how it works.