Last March we had a “book swap” on the SDMB.
Let’s do it again.
Here’s the basic premise: You send me your address and a little information about your reading tastes. I match you with someone who seems a good reading match. You send a book which you’ve particularly enjoyed to that person.
That’s it.
This time, I’m going to set this up as a one-to-one exchange. Whomever you send a book to will be the person who will be sending you a book. I am hoping that this will faciliate more dialogue between the two of you about the books you’re reading.
If you are interested, please read the following guidelines:
*This is probably most enjoyable for someone whose reading interests aren’t narrow. If you’re the kind of person who only likes to read marxist science fiction involving other planets written by Scorpios or Libras who live south of the equator, you are (a) unlikely to get a book you’ll enjoy and (b) damn likely to drive me crazy trying to find you an acceptable match.
*I’ll do the best I can, but I can’t guarantee that I’ll have the right number of people to do ideal matches for everyone.
*Remember, it can be nice to read outside your usual genre! But if you know you loathe some type of book, do let me know. I had a lot of people who said “ABSOLUTELY NO ROMANCE!” last year. It got to be funny. Heh.
*Books need not be new. You can send a copy you’ve read. Don’t send your most precious only copy, however, because I can’t guarantee you’ll get the book back. Perhaps buy a swappable copy on half.com or Amazon’s used books.
*Media Mail is a fairly inexpensive way to mail books in the U.S.
*If there is someone with whom you’ve already exchanged books (via the previous book swap or on your own) and you’d like to do this with someone new and different, please let me know whom you have already been hooked up with.
*If for any reason it turns out you can’t participate, there’s no shame in that but please oh please let me know! I can easily make a different match for your person, but I have to know. Let’s not leave anyone hanging.
*I’ll accept international participants. I’ll match you with someone in your country, or with someone who doesn’t mind the extra postage.
*You might get a book you’ve already read. Bummer, but you’ve got a jump start on talking about it with your sendee! Don’t be too upset.
*Sign-up Deadline is Friday, March 28th (that’s right, ONE WEEK AWAY!). I’ll try to get the matches out by April 4th. Please mail your books to your swappee by April 18th.
So.
If you are interested and agree to these loose guidelines…
Send me your SDMB username, mailing address.
Include a little information about what you like to read, or are interested in. This info is helpful for me, and it might also be helpful for your partner, who might be trying to decide between several books to send.
Tell me if you’d be up for mailing something outside of your home country (remember, that means you’ll score a cool “foreign” book and maybe some nifty stamps).
I get so much spam and other crap mail at my SDMB-linked address, I’m worried about losing messages. So use THIS address:
Send me a message by March 28th!
