# (3) 12 Jul 2008, 09:48AM: "It is what it is. Namely, it.":
I called last night's Babylon 5 "Married to a Mob."
Today: cleaning, brunch, and an "adult party" (in that I don't have to keep my guests from eating paint).
Leonard likes to give books away via BookMooch. While cleaning and making room on our bookshelves for new comics and thrift-store finds (yesterday I snagged a Thurber anthology), he coaxes me into giving away less beloved books, like the Jim's Journal anthologies and random kids' books that I treat as popcorn. My sister participates in the similar Paperback Swap service and also reports positive results. It's a warm-and-fuzzy way to declutter.
- Comments:
Posted by Zed at 14 Jul 2008, 10:31PM
Trouble is, if you use the credits you get, you wind up with the same number of books. I'm reasonably certain that I've ended up with a greater volume of books.Beats non-stop acquisition of books with no culling, at least.
Posted by Sumana at 15 Jul 2008, 04:18AM
Zed: yes, it does beat simple steady growth. Leonard is a hoarder and donator of his points. Come to think of it, he may be hoarding his points towards the day when you can leverage extra points to get extra-rare books or compensate senders for international postage costs. You may have already read Leonard's tips born of experience on achieving good Bookmooch inventory turnover.
Posted by Zed at 15 Jul 2008, 04:00PM
Actually, I hadn't yet. Hunh. Bookmooch and Paperbackswap (the one I use) are more different than I had realized. Paperbackswap is predicated on the notion that all books must be in 'acceptable' condition, and lacks a mechanism for specifying anything about a book you've listed. As a recipient, you can define additional requirements (no ex-library books, from a non-smoking home, whatever); the sender decides whether a given book meets the requirements. I should write this up on my blog... I'd been meaning to write more about my Paperbackswap experience.
