Book Mooch – online book exchange
Book Mooch’s tag line is ‘Give books away. Get books you want.’ and in four easy steps the site helps you to do that. If you can’t find the book you want through the community of Book Moocher’s then there is the option to use Amazon to find the book as well.
The search features are great: topics, location, language and members. Some of the sites functionality has been borrowed from the Amazon thinking: wish list and Amazon reviews.
The site is simple to use and one that is pushing the recycling barrier without focusing on the environmental message everyone else is.
As at 19 December 2007, there were just under 420,000 books listed for giving. The site has an area with their vital stats focusing on the giving, books mooched, members and growth.
Summary:
Good idea (cuts out the second hand book store man though), helps encourage recycling and reuse.
Rating (out of 10):
Design: 7
Functionality: 6
Service: 7
Originality: 8
OVERALL: 7
Who should use it:
Book worms and people with lots of books sitting around the house collecting dust (yes, that is me).
