Book culling

[rachelmanija]

Attempting to cut down on spending and get rid of books I will never read by signing up for Book Mooch and Paperback Swap.

Went through some books the other day that have been on shelves for years, reading first few pages and maybe a few in the middle, and deciding if I was ever likely to read more, ie, were they interesting or amusing at all.

Books which survived: "Love Lies Bleeding" by Edmund Crispin; "Cugel's Saga" by Jack Vance; "Get Lucky" by Suzanne Brockmann; "Seadragons" by Laurence Yep; "Psion" by Joan D. Vinge (reading now-- yes, totally my subject matter, yet resisted all previous attempts to read; this time I decided to skip the prologue, which, like most prologues, turned out to be both dull and totally unnecessary as the first chapter explains everything anyway.)

Did not survive cull: "Cheysuli" books by Jennifer Roberson; "Upright Man" by Michael Marshall; a bunch of mysteries, most of a theoretically lighthearted and amusing nature.

Also posted books which I love but have duplicates of, generally because I loved them so much that I accidentally bought them twice, and books which I read and didn't like:

Books which are now up for grabs:

http://www.paperbackswap.com/members/book_shelf.php

The Book Mooch system has crashed, but I'll post it later when it recovers.

PS. My finger is better but that's still my typing for the day.

Comments

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Aha! I think it is this address (http://rayechu.paperbackswap.com/profile/index.php)
with your username of course.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

She may need to set a nickname in her account settings, if she hasn't already.

[octopedingenue]

Note that they don't let you change the nickname after you've set it, nor is there (despite TOS assertions) any readily apparent way to cancel or delete your account once you've signed up and discover that it displays more personally identifiable information than you'd like and has no readily apparent way to change that information. AAAAAAGH. [/Fox Mulder.]

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Oh lovely.

At least my first Eerie, Indiana book is on its way to me. Whee!

[octopedingenue]

They might let me change my account information at the same time I'm able to change my address, that is after I get the number of books there they insist I receive before I can change it, that is the books that may or may not ever reach me because YOU SAVED THE WRONG ADDRESS AND WON'T LET ME CHANGE IT, GENIUSES.

Hate and suspicion! Suspicion and hate!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Mm, lovely. Guess it's time to email the tech support email and ask them about it?

[octopedingenue]

Yup. Once you've gotten fed up and gone to the Contact Us page and from there to the Feedback and start typing up your formally bitchy e-mail with the words "cancel" and "account" in it, a yellow Java box pops up with FAQ suggestions, one of which is
How do I cancel or suspend my membership?
A simple email to us at the feedback area with the request to close the account is all that is needed.

The reason a member cannot close his or her account automatically is because we have to check for outstanding requests, books en route, etc. It would be unfair to other members to leave items incomplete. Once a member requests cancellation, we close the account and handle outstanding items.

Thanks so much for making that clear initially, guys! And while I've noticed now that that info is in the Help section, it's at the very bottom of the long "About PBS" section and not in "Account Options" where it would logically fit. Oh, well.