Is there a way to list a book for a certain member to get? Someone ordered a book about storytelling and I mentioned to him that I have a book about puppets and storytelling. He's interested but I'm not sure how to list so he will be the one to get it. Any ideas?

I've noticed that I no longer get e-mails from BM when someone has requested a book, or sent me a message, or anything. Did I miss a change to when e-mails are sent out, or is just an issue with my account?

Thanks,
Mike

Hi -
I offered a 2 for 1 on specific books but when I attempted to reimburse her the point using the donate to charity her name wasn't there.
I used it as it appears, I removed the location - it wasn't there.
I wrote to tech support but they never responded (I thought that names might be missing from the list.)
Is there a way to locate someone to donate them or am I supposed to be writing their name differently?
I really want to reimburse her the point but I don't know how else to do it.
Thanks!

Hi,

Just wondering if there is anyone on the forum who lives in or has lived in SF and could answer some questions about the neighborhoods and the general culture?

Thanks in advance :)

I've been a moocher for a number of years and am having an experience I've never had before. I have just finined reading THE AFFAIR by Lee Child. I am trying to add it to my inventory and keep getting a message thatwhat I am trying to add is a Kindle edition. I think I know that a Kindle edition is an electronic media and is hard to confuse with the hardback book that I am holding in my hand. Somewhere someone has slipped a digit because the isbn on my jacket cover says 978-0-385-34432-6 and the same on the inside. When I listed on Paperback Swap this did no occur.

I am getting really frustrated with people that wont answer your mooch. They just let it sit there. What I have been doing is wait 1 month then I remind them. If nothing then after 1 more month I send them an email. If they still dont get back to me I cancel. I have a very long list of books I have mooched and am waiting. Im a collector of authors and would really like some answers. I understand we all have lives but at least accept or deny the mooch so we can move on from there. any ideas on this? Thanks, Laura

exactly why would anyone give a negative feedback for a book mailed out the day it was requested. The book was exactly what was asked for. It was in good shape. It arrived four days after mailing and negative feedback was given for it. Why? The book was listed properly by the upc code and it was a well known book. I mailed it in a secured vinyl envelope.

I noticed also that the person had ordered a second copy and left negative feedback for that person as well.

Why are people who are obviously unable to select the book that they want allowed to leave negative feedback in conditions such as this? Exactly how was negative feedback earned in this situation?

Bookmooch is a good service but it definitely has flaws. I have had people request a book, I accept and tell them the book will be mailed out the next day and when I come back on to mark it as "sent", they have cancelled the request..just to get a free book and get their point back. When I asked about it they say they just wanted the book and could use their point over and over again and do the same thing to get their book. Since the book request was cancelled, I could not leave any feedback. There are always thieves out there...even to get a free book.

It makes me want to leave bookmooch and throw away the books I have listed.

I cannot see how to do this...

When I agree to send a book and email a member, how can I get a copy email sent to my own address?

Does anyone know what classifies a book as a related edition? I have recently added a book to my inventory & mine is the only one available. However, there are over 30 other editions (same author & title) where this is on other people's wish lists, but I have checked & cannot find this listed as a related edition on any of the other wish lists.

Just in case any UK members did not know, the Royal Mail have been 'adjusting' their prices and criteria again. Packets no longer exist: everything is now a small, medium or large parcel but you can now choose first or second class. Printed paper rate for surface mail no longer exists with all packages being classed as parcels.
From what I can make out (but I only looked for a few minutes) there will be will be a bigger monetary increase to send domestically than internationally but I suppose, as always, it depends on how many you send, obviously the weight but now more importantly the dimensions of the parcel.

If you want to look up the prices in their new 'simplified' system (and apparently it's what we all wanted) use the link.

http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/RoyalMail_OurPrices_April2013b.pdf

Can we give points to other members or our friends? I wanted to surprise somebody but cannot find a way to send her some of my points. Any help or info is appreciated.

Hi. I live in South Korea. I would like to search people based on whether they live in the same country as me. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance.
-Sarang

I just logged in and noticed that I have exactly 314 books on my wishlist. Ha!!

I recently posted the following on John's Blog and realizes it might be more appropriate to post here. I am very upset at the ridiculous increase in the cost of shipping overseas from the U.S. Up to US$23.95 for a pre-pack capable of holding 2 or 3 PBs. While I ramble a bit, I am also interested in any thoughts others have that would allow for shipping books internationally at a reasonable price, say US$4 per book.

John,
I've been a member for a few years and have enthusiastically shipped my "used" books all over the world. I accumulated a lot of points doing that proving that altruism is just another name for self-interest.(Grin)

I am now back in the U.S. and was very disappointed to discover that the Int'l Priority pack has gone up to $23.95. I would ship my U.S. based PBs in a priority pack and could always get 2 and somtimes three in the envelope which cost U.S.$12 or 13.95.

I just posted the folowing on my profile page:

"Unfortunately, thanks to the political football we in the U.S. call the U.S. Postal Service (the service part is an oxymoron) I will no longer pay the ridiculous charges to send books overseas. Last year, a Priority Mail Pack, good to hold 2 or 3 PBs, was US$12.95. In January it went up to US$23.95. In most parts of the world, one can buy new PBs or used HCs cheaper. While this site is more than just a way to get books for a reasonable cost, US$8 to US$12 per used PB book is beyond reasonable. Methinks, I see a business opportunity here for someone far younger than myself, shipping books and other heavy weight items via surface and then re-distributing them at various points using local postal services or couriers.

I feel sad about this development since I made some good Bookmooch Friends around the world by shipping them books from Hong Kong which is still civilized enough to handle surface shipping at a reasonable cost. Reminds me of the song, "Those Were the Days"."

It might motivate some U.S. members if the moochee received 6 points
for a book shipped internationally from there. I know there are other places in the world where Int'l postage is even greater and perhaps these places could be included. Another possibility would be to accumulate books in some less expensive spot like Hong KOng and re-ship them. I wish I had thought of this before I relocated back to the U.S.

Unfortunately as my good friend Dick Gottlieb, President and founder of Grey House Publishers, said to me recently, "I seem to be involved in a dying industry, which may be appropriate as I celebrate my 74th birthday."

Whatever the problems, I hope Bookmooch can continue to be a global organization.

I also hope others who read this might have their own take on the issue, if they see it as an issue.

Is it possible to have an export for the list of books I've given? (Like we have for the wishlist.)

Yesterday I went to add 2 books to my inventory and I was unable to. I had to add them manually instead. Is anyone else having the same problem? I tried using the number and even the title and no such luck.

I was searching for an author this morning, and there were three books available to mooch. Because they were overseas I thought I would add the books to my wish list and wait. I added those titles, and others by the same author and later went back to my wishlist. It did not indicate that those two titles were available to mooch.

But they were still available, and I decided I would get them from overseas, and sent a request to the person. He sent me permission to mooch. When I went to my wish list the books still didn't say there were available and I had to track them down again. It did say they were on hold for me, and I was able to get them.

Does this mean that my wish list may not tell me that copies of books are available to mooch??? Has something changed in the wishlist process?

Thanks

The wiki has been hacked again. Could someone with experience please restore the earlier version? Thanks (cross posted this in John's blog).

http://wiki.bookmooch.com/index.php/Main_Page

Someone mooched a book from me that I never owned. I don't know how it got on my inventory. This happened a few months ago and I just scratched my head and moved on. This is the second rejection I had to do for this reason. Does anyone have any idea of what is happening? I am very careful when I add inventory.

I have books listed as related editions. I have been unable to find a definition for this term. Can anyone tell me what this is?
Thanks