No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Shop paperbacks in a wide range of genres, including fiction, history, biography, romance, and more. You can use your credit to request a book from someone else, or as a coupon to get a brand new book at. Protector is a excellent novel in nivens known space series, a thought provoking book that covers a vast amount of space and time the basic elements of sf. They plan on reading the book cover to cover, and they will keep the book for life. Every pastor i know is an avid reader and book collector. These can be removed and reapplied to other books of the same size. Once a book is requested, mail it to the club member. A paperback, also known as a softcover or softback, is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. Protector known space series by larry niven, paperback. How to protect a paperback book when carrying them in a. What to do with signed, personalized books unclutterer.
Permanent book covers are usually selfadhesive and are applied over the book covers, therefore permanently altering the book. The sleeves measure 5 x 738 with a 2 flap or 127mm x 187. Unless they are falling out of their covers, ill take them. Paperbackswap or bookmooch paperbackswap librarything. Each sleeve can hold up to a 300page paperback book.
The books category contains apis for book sharing, retail, social publishing, book creation, accessibility aids, book exchanges, metadata and more. If its a vintage book with the spine separating from the cover. This item clear book protector cover with book marker and magnifier 7. National book swap, llcsouthern polytechnic state university. Book protector with sewn in book marker black 6 pack stretchable book cover washable reusable durable for hard book cover. People buy hardcover versions of books for two main reasons. This causes the book cover to become damaged when unwrapping the book. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Depending on your book, some steps may be unnecessary for example, your book doesnt have images.
Office products go search todays deals best sellers. Credits and free swaps forfeited without compensation to the account holder. The other reason is they are going after an authors signature at some point, perhaps at a book conven. But be sure to tape the worn places on the packaging always with shipping, not scotch, tape so that your books get where they are going safe and sound. Each bound hardcover or paperback book costs one book credit and each. Personally, if i am buying a second hand book, i am buying it to read, so any autographs or dedications would get no more than a oh, look at that as i flick past it to get to the words i bought it for. I am seriously considering closing out my paperback swap account. Paperbackswap, an online book swapping club restricted to the usa. That credit cost to me was the postage amount i spend to mail a different book to.
But books can be expensive and out of reach for many small church and bivocational pastors. Find the best used books deals on paperback swap with these genius tips. After a quick search, paperbackswap came up in my results. Booksfreeswap is considered to be the best of the book swap sites. This product is usually used for covering shelves and sometimes is called shelf paper. The purpose of paperbackswap is to use the internet to facilitate the parity trading of books among members in the united states using a credit based system for swapping. How to make a hard cover for a paperback book with pictures. The actual 250,000th book was posted on paperbackswap on december 23, 2005 at 9. List books youd like to swap with other club members. If you do join, id like to hear how paperbackswap worked out for you. How to clean and preserve paperback books used books and. However the kind you want is not paper, but clear plastic that is sticky on one side. The sleeves have a flap on them that help protect the books from wear.
You can use some glue along the crack of the spine to reattach missing pages or a separated cover. How to keep your paperback books in good condition. If you are on the lookout for free books for pastors, then be sure to check out paperbackswap. Trade used books for free with paperback swap the worlds. The purpose of paperbackswap is to use the internet to facilitate the parity. Paperbackswap pbs is a book swapping website which was founded in 2004. Slip this cover on your book and it will turn your paperback book into a virtual hardback book. Discover what size your book should be and if thats comparable to the standard book sizes in publishing. Trade used books for free with paperback swap the worlds largest book paperbackswap. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Books you request are yours to keep, or swap again.
A commenter at metafilter suggests using tacky glue. Once you list ten books, i will receive one credit. Enjoy trading hardbacks, audio books, textbooks and more. Bookcrossing books may have stickers or stamps or markings on the outside or inside covers or page edges of the book. And again, dont tape to the book itselfthis often results in damage to the book cover when the package is opened. In contrast, hardcover or hardback books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, plastic or leather. How to build one that actually works with template. With our simple and free book swap process, we make swapping of books online enjoyable.
Archive for the book recommendations category older entries. The club also operates sister websites swapadvd and swapacd to facilitate parity trading of dvds and cds, respectively. Learn how to clean and preserve your paperback or pulp book collection with help from bern marcowitz and margot rosenberg, authors of the care and feeding of books. Clear adhesive contact sheets are excellent for protecting paperback books. Paperback book cover and protecter the hardbacker jacket. We highly recommend clear packing tape to cover the wrapper, as it holds up wonderfully. Free books for pastors at paperback swap money wise pastor.
Presentation book 4pack display book with 40pocket sheet protector, portfolio folder for document, sheet music, art, for 8. If its a vintage book with the spine separating from the cover, you maybe able to use a warm iron to soften the glue and reflatten it. Knowing that would add up to be several dollars a month, i quickly began searching for a way to trade books with other book lovers. The story begins, the circus arrives without warning and i am very glad that i opened my mind up enough to begin to read. It isnt indestructible, but this book jacket will stand up to daily use, spills, sunlight and your purse far better than the paper back cover alone. Reusable book covers can be applied over the book covers without permanently altering or adhering to the book in any way. Club rule please, if you cannot be courteous and respectful, do not post in this forum. The sleeves are 2mil thick and are made of polypropylene. Thanks to all that participated in, as well as those that anticipated, our club reaching a quarter of a million book. I ordered this book through paperbackswap for a mere credit, just to see what the hype was about and from the moment i admired the cover art, though the last page of the book, i was not disappointed.
To help you format your manuscript, we created templates in microsoft word into which you can insert your content. Ive decided i will leave the books listed for six months and then remove them from my book shelf. For the best results, follow the five steps in this guide. I am finding that there are some books on bookmooch that people are wanting that were just.
I only want to trade books, so for that purpose paperbackswap is a good fit. Niven strength here is his ability to create believable aliens and cast them in scientifically challenging and plausible situations. Book swapping or book exchange is the practice of a swap of books between one person and. I know youre not supposed to judge a book by its cover but the cover is what drew me to the book in the first place. Id read most every book in the genres that i liked and then found out they would charge me money for each book i requested through interlibrary loan. I have been a member of paperbackswap and its sister sites swapacd and dvd swap for many years since 2007 and have received 367 books and mailed out 495 books. Swap books free online, free book swaps made simple at. In return, you may choose from 1,356,470 available books. Perhaps you have a juicy paperback that you dont want others to know that you are reading,or you want to protect your paperbacks covers from damage, or you just dont like the look of the. However, some members have gotten too liberal with their tape and used it to tape the wrapper to the cover of the book. Book condition criteria for swappability at paperbackswap.
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