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We've all got more books than we need. They're popular gifts, and the good ones contain lots of useful information, so once we've got 'em, they can be deceivingly difficult to get rid of. While programs like WorldCat are awfully useful for finding a book you don't have, what do you do when you've got too many on your hands? With BookMooch, you can swap them out with other books you haven't read and don't need to buy.
Here's how it works: Sign up-it's free-then type in all the books you don't need any more. (You earn points for each book you enter.) When someone requests one of your books, you send it off to them, which earns you additional points. You can then take your points and request books you'd like from other people.
If you prefer your local library to having books sent to you, take your points and give them to charities BookMooch works with, such as children's hospitals (so a sick kid can get a free book delivered to their bed), African literacy, or to the good people at BookMooch, to thank them for running this Web site. Either way, you'll end up with fewer old books and more new ones, while helping disseminate ideas and information to your friends and neighbors. And with nearly a half million books "mooched" to this point, there's a lot of good reading waiting for you. ::BookMooch
Difficulty level: Easy
