I have a new favorite thing: Frugal Reader. I'm especially primed to like it, because earlier this week I took a bunch of books to my favorite local bookstore, and was only able to sell 2 for a whopping $4.50 in store credit. Woo hoo.
With this plan, you list the books you're willing to part with. Then you get 1 free credit for listing 5 books (10 for 2). After that you get to shop!! You can pick a book from someone else's list and they'll mail it to you for you to keep, or relist when you're done. Everytime you send out a book (usually for $1.59 in postage) you get another credit.
What about the library? You might ask. Or you might not if you knew my track record with library fines.
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When we lived in Germantown, MD, the Montgomery County library system had a great online presence. We could search the entire system's catalog and have books delivered to our nearest branch. When we were a couple days from due dates, they'd send an email notification, from which we could extend our due date (unless the book was exceedingly popular and had a limited due date period).
I know that Seattle's a backwater compared to semi-rural Maryland, but perhaps your library system has moved into the late 20th Century by now.
Sadly, that's exactly how Seattle's library system works. It's just like shopping on Amazon. I can usually keep up for a few weeks without incurring egregious fines... then Kira will have a book stashed under her bed or I'll *think* I took one back and the whole thing goes to pot!
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