r/bookexchange

8.8K archived posts · Mar 2010 – Sep 2026

Swap, Trade, Give, or Beg for books! The Reddit Book Exchange.

r/bookexchange

The Reddit Book Exchange

Created Mar 15, 2010

20KMembers (last snapshot)

8.8KArchived posts

Here's how it works. Either:

Post titles and author of books you want to pass on to another reader. Put "[SEND]" in the title of your post.
Post requests for titles you wish to receive. Put "[WANT]" in the title of your post, but be sure to post your country so other users are aware of potential shipping cost.
Post "[RECEIVED]" and the username of the user who sent you a book so we can confirm successful exchanges.
Post [HELP] as your tag if you simply want help finding a book online to purchase. These may be rare books or ones out of print. Please be advised we still do not allow buying or selling within the sub, and this is to protect you from getting scammed as many have been before.

Consider checking out our other sub, RandomActsOfReading. Just read here for some info.

For Beginners:

Here are the STEPS:

(These are only guidelines and we feel they are best practiced)

Find a post which interests you
Notify the poster of your intent
Negotiate shipping
Send the book
Be patient! If a week passes you may send off a POLITE inquiry as to the status of your incoming package, asking forgiveness for your uncontainable excitement. Upon receiving said package: notify the Mods via Mod Mail whether the outcome was satisfactory or inconceivable. Include your username, your shipper's username, and the number of books you received. And if your exchange was less than satisfactory or by chance downright deceptive, you may also include a screenshot of your PMs and pictures of the damaged or misrepresented books you received.

Ground rules:

Shipping to be negotiated by the participating parties in the exchange. Use media mail! It's cheap.
Once your book has been sent to you, or asked for by some one else, please edit the description of your post to express this.
Absolutely no sales within this sub. If you are found trying to sell, it will result in a permanent ban from this sub.
No requests or offers for PDF, Epub, Mobi or other digital content within this sub.
No Textbooks or teachers editions to be requested in this sub.
No worldwide book exchanges promising 36 books. These are spam and will result in a permanent ban immediately.

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