Comments on: PaperBackSwap For Eco-Friendly Reading http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/ green & indie finds for your uncommon life - modern handmade + sustainable design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Books Carnival « The Book’s Den http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 Books Carnival « The Book’s Den Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:43:21 +0000 http://www.missmalaprop.com/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/#comment-2890 [...] MissMalaprop presents Miss Malaprop - indie finds for your uncommon life » Blog Archive » PaperBackSwap For Eco-Friendly Reading posted at Miss Malaprop - independent, sustainable, eco-friendly shopping, film, art, fashion, crafts & design, from New Orleans with love, saying, “PaperBackSwap is my new obsession! I’ve been reading so much more than before ever since I discovered this site.” [...] [...] MissMalaprop presents Miss Malaprop – indie finds for your uncommon life » Blog Archive » PaperBackSwap For Eco-Friendly Reading posted at Miss Malaprop – independent, sustainable, eco-friendly shopping, film, art, fashion, crafts & design, from New Orleans with love, saying, “PaperBackSwap is my new obsession! I’ve been reading so much more than before ever since I discovered this site.” [...]

]]> By: MissMalaprop http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 MissMalaprop Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:02:20 +0000 http://www.missmalaprop.com/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/#comment-2334 You've definitely got a point Valerie. It's sort of the same situation with music and buying CDs (there's a CDswap site that's a sister site to PaperBackSwap by the way). As far as the library goes, I have no idea if ours offers that or not. Up until recently I haven't really had a library location that's convenient for me to get to, as the neighborhood I live in is surrounded by areas that were hit really hard by Katrina. But we have a library location that is either opening soon or might already be open. So now that's another option for me as well. Although...thinking about the library... using a site like PaperBackSwap doesn't really harm authors any more than using the library would. Hmm... Thanks for the tip Katherine. I've heard about it and glanced around briefly but I'll have to look a bit more. You’ve definitely got a point Valerie. It’s sort of the same situation with music and buying CDs (there’s a CDswap site that’s a sister site to PaperBackSwap by the way). As far as the library goes, I have no idea if ours offers that or not. Up until recently I haven’t really had a library location that’s convenient for me to get to, as the neighborhood I live in is surrounded by areas that were hit really hard by Katrina. But we have a library location that is either opening soon or might already be open. So now that’s another option for me as well.

Although…thinking about the library… using a site like PaperBackSwap doesn’t really harm authors any more than using the library would. Hmm…

Thanks for the tip Katherine. I’ve heard about it and glanced around briefly but I’ll have to look a bit more.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Katherine Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:27:10 +0000 http://www.missmalaprop.com/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/#comment-2333 you may also want to check out bookmooch.com! you may also want to check out bookmooch.com!

]]> By: Valerie http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-2331 Valerie Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:38:22 +0000 http://www.missmalaprop.com/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/#comment-2331 I love the idea of book swaps. However for the first time,this made one concern over recycling versus buying new pop into my head. Those new book sales help authors out more. Granted some authors make a lot of money---however some "indie" authors could really benefit from additional "new" book sales. Just something to think about/Devil's advocate. Sorry. Really. Oh, and a library idea---does yours have the ability to renew on line? Ours does and I think with renewing online I could actually have a book for 9 weeks or more (I've really only done 5 at the most I think though) I love the idea of book swaps. However for the first time,this made one concern over recycling versus buying new pop into my head. Those new book sales help authors out more. Granted some authors make a lot of money—however some “indie” authors could really benefit from additional “new” book sales. Just something to think about/Devil’s advocate. Sorry. Really.

Oh, and a library idea—does yours have the ability to renew on line? Ours does and I think with renewing online I could actually have a book for 9 weeks or more (I’ve really only done 5 at the most I think though)

]]> By: enqi http://www.missmalaprop.com/2007/06/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 enqi Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:45:08 +0000 http://www.missmalaprop.com/paperbackswap-for-eco-friendly-reading/#comment-2312 such a great idea! i'll be sure to check it out. such a great idea! i’ll be sure to check it out.

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