Read it, Swap it
Just recently I’ve been getting back into reading books (and I don’t just mean the technical kind!).
After all, there is only so much a person can take in reading the previous evening’s news in the morning Metro, and then the day’s summary of celebrity gossip in the London Lite, and London Paper…I skim through the papers in a good 10 minutes, which still leaves me with a remaining 40 minutes to occupy myself on the tube…
The problem is that the rate in which I’m going through books, and the cost in which books are these days on Amazon (and lack of variety in the local charity shop), along with the credit crunchness of the current economic climate, I could do with as much help as I could get with fueling my demand for literature without costing too much.
Yes there is the option of the library, but I’m the sort who likes to own books…as well as acquire books that I know will just gather dust…so it was thanks to a dear friend that I was recently introduced to the site Read It Swap It.
The concept is simple…you read a book, and you either keep it for yourself, or add it to your profile as books you like to swap with other readers. You create a wishlist of books (or simply search for books) you like, and initiate a swap. All it costs is postage (which can be around £1), and that is it!
Recycling, and gaining books you want to read, in exchange for books you no longer want. Sheer brilliance!
So get out there people, and join the read it swap it phenomenon..
