Just An Idea

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05-10-2003, 06:28 PM
Curley

What do you guys think about members swapping books? I've over 120 books (thats after I sold some on amazon market place) and I know I won't be reading most of them again.

Members could list the books they would like to swap and if any other members would like that book, they could offer one of theirs in return. This way, your getting rid of a book you know you'll never read again & gaining another.

All you'll have to pay is the postage and packaging but that comes to about £1.50 at the most for a softback book, not sure about hardback. I'm sure it'll still be cheaper than buying a book if your posting a book abroad too.

Let me know if you think this is a good idea or not.
05-10-2003, 06:34 PM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

I can think of a few Books I have I would like to trade with ya Curley. :-"
05-10-2003, 06:41 PM
Curley

Well if your thinking about the ones you've recently reviewed on here then i'll pass, thank you very much!
05-10-2003, 06:42 PM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

Quote:

Originally posted by Curley@10 May 2003 - 13:41
Well if your thinking about the ones you've recently reviewed on here then i'll pass, thank you very much!

B)
05-10-2003, 10:37 PM
Curley

I take it nobody thinks this is a good idea :(
05-10-2003, 10:52 PM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

Quote:

Originally posted by Curley@10 May 2003 - 17:37
I take it nobody thinks this is a good idea :(

:D Book offer going once.....
05-10-2003, 10:53 PM
MagicNakor

It's a good idea, but somewhat unfeasible, for me at least.

Not only would it likely kill me on the customs, I have a rural route address, which means no packages. :/

:ninja:
05-10-2003, 11:27 PM
J'Pol

I like to keep my books.

Even after I read them.

I have thousands.

I have books from 1902. Leather bound. I love them.
05-11-2003, 12:23 AM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

Quote:

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN+10 May 2003 - 17:52--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FuNkY CaPrIcOrN @ 10 May 2003 - 17:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Curley@10 May 2003 - 17:37
I take it nobody thinks this is a good idea :(

:D Book offer going once..... [/b][/quote]
Going Twice.....
05-11-2003, 01:19 AM
RPerry

I think she is gone, FC :P :lol:
05-11-2003, 01:54 AM
MagicNakor

I wonder if FC really has all those books, or if he just scams the reviews/pics off Amazon. ;)

:ninja:
05-11-2003, 05:46 AM
imported_QuietSilence!

i think he may acualy have them as i had 1 of them and his review was just a scan of the liner notes and i didnt see that review on amazon but he may be geting them off another sight
05-11-2003, 06:37 AM
MagicNakor

Dare we ask which one? :D

:ninja:
05-11-2003, 07:10 AM
imported_QuietSilence!

lol the joy of sex it was a joke gift from someone at work. they seem to think i need to get maried and need to get some :)

comes from being there all the time
05-11-2003, 12:06 PM
Curley

Ah well... it was only an idea :)
05-11-2003, 12:25 PM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

:) I was going to go out and get a nice Book for her also.....ohhh well. :P
05-11-2003, 12:27 PM
Curley

Quote:

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@11 May 2003 - 13:25
:) I was going to go out and get a nice Book for her also.....ohhh well. :P

Yeah, and my names Dorothea Bon Jovi!!!
05-11-2003, 01:01 PM
FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/07...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

:) I was looking at this one to trade with ya.Got some pretty good reviews and thought you might like it.
05-11-2003, 01:09 PM
Curley

Quote:

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@11 May 2003 - 14:01
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/07...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

:) I was looking at this one to trade with ya.Got some pretty good reviews and thought you might like it.

lmao!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'll pm you my address shortly! :P :P :P
05-11-2003, 05:09 PM
namzuf9

Quote:

Originally posted by JPaul@10 May 2003 - 23:27
I have books from 1902. Leather bound. I love them.

Owned from new!!! :D
05-11-2003, 06:56 PM
tracydani

Quote:

Originally posted by JPaul@11 May 2003 - 00:27
I like to keep my books.

Even after I read them.

I'm with ya there :)

Although I don't mind losing the paperbacks that I don't find particularly interesting, I tend to keep most until I can find a suitable hardback replacement.
05-11-2003, 07:08 PM
J'Pol

Quote:

Originally posted by namzuf9+11 May 2003 - 18:09--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (namzuf9 @ 11 May 2003 - 18:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--JPaul@10 May 2003 - 23:27
I have books from 1902. Leather bound. I love them.

Owned from new!!! :D [/b][/quote]
Cheeky bar steward.

I'm only 76.
05-11-2003, 08:20 PM
killallhippies

Curley, tell us your favourite five books then we can tell what you like. ;)
05-11-2003, 08:36 PM
Curley

Good idea, maybe i'll start a seperate thread for that since no-one seems interested in the idea :)
05-11-2003, 09:05 PM
ToraBoraDweller

The idea has some merit for ppl in same countries
postage is usually paid by weight.
I give my 2nd hand books to a psychiatric hospital ,salvation army may also be
an idea?
05-11-2003, 09:12 PM
Curley

I do give the books that I can't sell on amazon to charity. I was actually trying to create a comminity between us book lovers by making it easy to get rid of books we don't want, while knowing that other members will have benefited.

Anyway, it was only an idea & I didn't expect anything to come of it, I just wanted peoples views.
05-12-2003, 12:15 AM
oldmancan

Curley, here via your link in signature.

The book swapping is a alluring idea but I can't see it taking off. Just because of the cost balance between value and postage. In this community, even if a fair % participated say 3-5, the participants would be too far flung to make it a deal.

But for novelty value not to mention freindship building... well then the postage doesn't seem a high price. So maybe someone will offer to trade. Besides FC's *cough*generous *cough* one.
05-12-2003, 08:01 PM
tianup

I'd be interested in trading some stuff - but most of my good books I reread at least once every one or two years. It has occurred to me, however, that I have a number of books that I would be happy to get rid of in exchange for another good read. I have a pretty large collection spanning pretty much every genre. What kind of stuff are you interested in?
05-13-2003, 02:44 AM
imported_QuietSilence!

just take the books u dont want any more and scan them and ocr them and post a link
05-13-2003, 06:36 PM
tianup

Quote:

Originally posted by QuietSilence!@13 May 2003 - 03:44
just take the books u dont want any more and scan them and ocr them and post a link

It would take me at least a whole day, probably two to go through all my books, let alone scan and link them. If anyone is really interested, then tell me what you're after, I'll tell you what I'm after and we'll go from there. :blink:
05-13-2003, 08:35 PM
Curley

Quote:

Originally posted by tianup@12 May 2003 - 21:01
I'd be interested in trading some stuff - but most of my good books I reread at least once every one or two years.  It has occurred to me, however, that I have a number of books that I would be happy to get rid of in exchange for another good read.  I have a pretty large collection spanning pretty much every genre.  What kind of stuff are you interested in?

That all depends on what kind of books you read. I've got over 120 (and a few more ordered from Amazon). Books i'm into:

Horror: I've a vast collection of Stephen King, James Herbert, Dean Kootz & Richard Layman.

Thriller/Crime: Martina Cole (my new favourite author - i'd recommend her to anyone), Faye Kellerman - i've only got two of her books so i've still got to make my mind up on her. Jeffrey Deaver, again a great author.

A lot of other books that I can't really remember at the mo, mainly modern day/general fiction/romance but i'm planning on sorting my books out this w/e so i'll let you know by then.

I'm into anything apart from sci-fi, although since everyone keeps raving about it i' probably give that a try.
05-13-2003, 10:03 PM
tianup

Cool.

Most of the Horror I have I'd like to keep (btw - I consider horror a sub-category of sci-fi), but I've a number of King, Koontz, Barker and other misc. titles I'd be willing to trade.

I've also got quite a bit of thriller/crime stuff that I'll probably not read again (for obvious reasons).

I've also got a ton of other stuff - mainly historical fiction, classic lit., general fiction, philosophy, poetry, texts on astrology, vampires, mythology, holistic medicine, etc.

About a third of my collection (at least) is music. Books containing music of every type and genre, books on music, books on musicians, the history of different types of music, books on audio engineering and psycho acoustics etc.

I'm really into getting some Lumley stuff, which I heard about here. I love Neil Gaiman, Iain Banks, Anne Rice (though she's getting boring and predictable), and anything twisted and strange but well written. Actually, I'm probably into just about anything good. :P
05-13-2003, 10:13 PM
Curley

Yay!!! Glad to know theres another horror fan out there (even if he does classify it as sub sci-fi :angry:).

:P
05-14-2003, 12:20 AM
tianup

Y'know...the more I think about it, I guess you're right. Horror should be it's own category. It's just that some of my stuff could be considered both, so I guess the sub-category is less complicated for my brain. I think there's a sub-category there somewhere though, cause vampire and werewolf and monster books are easy to categorize as horror, but what about stuff like Neverwhere or Servant of the Bones? :blink:
05-14-2003, 02:11 AM
MagicNakor

Horror is actually classified as a sub-category of Fantasy... ;)

:ninja:
05-14-2003, 02:23 AM
tianup

Then shouldn't sci-fi be a sub-category of fantasy as well? :unsure: