BookMooch is a virtual trading post built to serve avid readers. It uses a simple system of points to enable book exchanges between members. Users list the books they own, build a wishlist, and then use the site to find others with whom to trade.
BookMooch uses a system of points to regulate trading between members. You amass points by listing books in your inventory, sending books to others, and acknowledging the books you have received. Likewise, you surrender points by receiving books from others. In order to request a book in the first place, you must have a certain number of points. You are required to send out one book for every five received.
BookMooch combats fraud by combining their points system with an eBay-like feedback feature. Moochers who enter into trades with you can leave feedback. Build up enough negative feedback, and others will begin to refuse your trade requests. Books that are not received can be marked “lost in the mail”, but only a limited number of times.
BookMooch is the answer for readers who are tired of dumping money into their local bookstore. What better way is there to save your hard-earned cash than unloading the books you’ve read, and rounding up new ones in their place?
