Paperbackswap.com sent the following email to users of the site on February 1.
Dear Members,
Happy February!
We are proud that we have been able to provide PaperBackSwap to you for free for the past 10 years. However, we have stated from the beginning that there may come a time when we need to charge a nominal fee in order to support the club’s growth and to offer new services.
In order to maintain the service levels that you have come to expect, PaperBackSwap needs to begin charging swap fees of 49 cents per book request. As explained below, there are other options for you to consider, and also a way to avoid swap fees by using PBS Printed Postage which would allow you to continue to swap for free!
2015 will be our eleventh year of providing this club for book lovers all over the country. It’s been a decade of fabulous growth, in which we’ve overseen the exchange of nearly 20 million books; by any calculation, our members have saved millions of dollars. Through the years, our site has sustained itself with optional services (such as Printed Postage fees and new-book sales). We’d like to do more with the club – fix things that aren’t working well, enhance others, and introduce new features (such as a mobile app, and continuing to investigate ebook swapping). We really can’t do that without some “elbow room” from revenue.
Beginning February 15, 2015, as a member in good standing at PaperBackSwap, you can select:
A Standard Membership at $20 per year ($18 for early subscribers), that includes unlimited swapping, new features, and a 500-item Wish List. Best Value!
A Limited Membership at $12 per year, where you’ll get the ability to request 30 books without paying swap fees, some new features, and your Wish List limit will stay at 200 items.
For those who don’t swap often or who don’t want to commit to an annual membership, there is an “A la Carte” option at 49 cents per book request, with a Wish List limit of 100 items.
Paperbackswap.com sent the following email to users of the site on February 1.
Dear Members,
Happy February!
We are proud that we have been able to provide PaperBackSwap to you for free for the past 10 years. However, we have stated from the beginning that there may come a time when we need to charge a nominal fee in order to support the club’s growth and to offer new services.
In order to maintain the service levels that you have come to expect, PaperBackSwap needs to begin charging swap fees of 49 cents per book request. As explained below, there are other options for you to consider, and also a way to avoid swap fees by using PBS Printed Postage which would allow you to continue to swap for free!
2015 will be our eleventh year of providing this club for book lovers all over the country. It’s been a decade of fabulous growth, in which we’ve overseen the exchange of nearly 20 million books; by any calculation, our members have saved millions of dollars. Through the years, our site has sustained itself with optional services (such as Printed Postage fees and new-book sales). We’d like to do more with the club – fix things that aren’t working well, enhance others, and introduce new features (such as a mobile app, and continuing to investigate ebook swapping). We really can’t do that without some “elbow room” from revenue.
Beginning February 15, 2015, as a member in good standing at PaperBackSwap, you can select:
A Standard Membership at $20 per year ($18 for early subscribers), that includes unlimited swapping, new features, and a 500-item Wish List. Best Value!
A Limited Membership at $12 per year, where you’ll get the ability to request 30 books without paying swap fees, some new features, and your Wish List limit will stay at 200 items.
For those who don’t swap often or who don’t want to commit to an annual membership, there is an “A la Carte” option at 49 cents per book request, with a Wish List limit of 100 items.
And finally, Printable Postage users will be glad to learn that each time you use PBS Postage to send a book, you will earn 1 free Swap fee – which would allow you to continue to swap for Free!
We’ve loved providing a totally free club for as long as we could. We’re happy about the solution we’ve come up with – there’s a plan available for you, no matter how often you swap!
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