Book swapping
BitTorrent[1]
—except that hard-copy original analog objects are exchanged.
College book exchange programs
Many colleges and universities have developed online book exchange programs to help students save money on textbooks.[2] Some colleges build their own systems and others use systems from third party service providers.
Informal book exchanges
Some book exchanges are informal – a shelf or box is provided where books can be left or picked up. The exchange relies on users leaving and taking books and is generally not supervised.
This is a frequent practice in
phone box in Kington Magna.[3]
Such bookshelves are popular also in Baltic states, funded by local municipalities or by the governments.[4][5] In Riga, the society "Zero Waste Latvia" counted more than 20 bookshelves and boxes in 2024.[6]
Book swapping websites
- BookCrossing, an online book swapping site
- BookMooch, an online book swapping site
- ReadItSwapIt, an online book swapping site
- Little Free Library, trading posts that offer free books, housed in small containers, to members of the local community
- PaperBackSwap, an online book swapping club restricted to the USA
- Lenro, used to connect book readers locally (same college/neighborhood)
See also
- Collaborative consumption, a trend describing similar swapping and lending organizations
- Public bookcase
References
- ^ BitTorrent arrives for books, the INQUIRER
- ^ Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) at USF, TAP USF website
- ^ What a novel idea - villagers transform redundant phone box into a LIBRARY, Daily Express
- ^ "Knygynėliai - ne vieta supelijusioms knygoms". www.sratc.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Cēsīs aizvien populārāks kļūst grāmatu apmaiņas plaukts". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Lieto vēlreiz". www.lietovelreiz.lv. Retrieved 2024-03-23.