Thrift Shop + Media Mail = WooHoo!!! (US ONLY)

Just FYI, Delivery Confirmation does not track packages; it only confirms that the package has been delivered. They can get lost as easily as any other. DC is best used when you don't trust the recipient to let you know it got there - like for Ebay sales or re-sends.

DC#s do show when packages have been delivered, and my local post master told me it is easier for them to trace down a lost box when it has a DC# tag on it because then they can see all the places that the box was scanned. So, although DC technically does not track packages, it can be used by the post office when they are tracking a lost package.

I changed the wording of the DC portion of the swap guidelines to make it more clear. Using a DC# and providing it to your swap partner, shows that you sent out your package. Since Media Mail can take a few extra days, using DC will prevent anyone getting lower ratings when their packages aren't received by the end of the exchange. On the slim chance that a box goes missing in the post, you have proof that you did mail it. Plus, the postal service can use the DC# to more quickly find a lost/stray/slightly damaged package. :o) Sorry for the confusing wording. Fixed now.

Please see my profile for my likes in books. I'm open to pretty much anything other than horror, harlequin and the likes. Feel free to send me some non-fiction too.

this sounds AWESOME! I mostly just read fantasy, check on my profile for authors/books I like and you can look at my amazon wishlist for ideas too. Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony, Charlaine Harris, etc etc. Also Any crafting books would be welcome too If you have question feel free to ask! Glad this has a good amount of time to get it together! FUN!

Also I want to let everyone know that ONLY media can go in this box and if the PO opens it and there's ANYTHING non media inside they will charge you regular price. I can be something as dumb as a packet of tea. They don't open all the packages but that's part of the stipulation of media mail, they are allowed to open it. My mom (a postal carrier) told me that once a lady was mailing books and packed stuffed animals around them for padding and that disqualified it as media mail and she had to pay regular price! Just words or warning!!

I love true crime books ONLY

Currently watching, but plan to join...

I love chick lit but have most Sophia Kinsella and Jennifer Weiner books. I would love to try books by other chick lit novelists. Check out this link for examples link

I also like murder mystery who done it novels such as Jeffery Deaver and patricia cornwall. I would love other similar authors.

I am not a fan of sci-fi or harlequin romance novels.

I also move Maeve Binchy, cookbooks, books about kids crafts, scrapbooking idea books, jodi picoult, augusten bouroughs, anne patchet.

I really like most fiction that isn't fantasy or romance.

renees is absolutely correct -- the boxes cannot contain anything other than books. No letters, no tea, no extras of any kind. The post office does spot check media mail packages, and if anything else is found in the package, it is either returned undelivered for additional postage, or the receiver is asked to pay the postage difference. So, just pack the box with books and send it on -- no notes or other extras added!!

Just to make sure the guidelines are clear --- listing preferences is awesome because it gives your partner an idea of what genres you enjoy reading. But, due to availability of books and the fact that this is a multiple book swap requiring a minimum of 15 books in the package -- your partner is not limited to sending the types of books you have listed. Please don't give a poor rating to your partner because you asked for mystery and sci-fi and one of the books was classic literature. But....on the other hand.....if you ask for mystery/sci-fi/cookbooks/contemporary literature/classics and specifically ask for no romance novels and you receive a box filled with 20 year old Harlequin romance novels.....then that's a case where a lower rating would be justified.

I am really excited about this swap. I always find awesome books at thrift stores that I want to get, but already have or have already read!

I'm interested in reading books that other people have read and liked. I like reading both fiction and non-fiction. I am not into romance novels or religious books. I like books with interesting pictures. I like young adult novels, and sort of like trashy young adult novels, but generally don't like trashy adult novels. In terms of fiction, I generally prefer books written by women, but not exactly "chick-lit" -- like Dorothy Allison, Zadie Smith, Octavia Butler, Myla Goldberg, Emma Donoghue, Isabel Allende. I also really like John Irving.

I've never sent that many by media mail before...wouldn't it still be kind of pricey?

I weighed a few paper back books that I own and all of them are under 10 ounces. For 15 books, that would be 150 ounces, which is 9.37 pounds. I figured a 10 pound box and the postage was only 5.89 for media mail.

Media Mail®
Restrictions Apply 6 days 5.89

ambermonkey is right.....you can send a 10 pound box by media mail for $5.89, plus the small fee for sending it with Delivery Confirmation. So no.....sending a box by media mail is not pricey.

BUT, you do have to remember to include NOTHING extra in the box. Only books. Otherwise, if the package is inspected, it will either be returned to the sender for extra postage, or the receiver will be asked to pay the extra postage to pick up the box.

Thanks...watching for now.

This sounds like a really fun swap! I love to read and I love to get "new to me" books.... I've open to all types of books - except anything overtly religious or romance:) I love fiction and non-fiction, biographies, mystery, true crime, crafting books, historical fiction....but I really do love almost anything:)

At the moment, the only books I'm not really interested in are romance novels, religious books, and science fiction. I would like to receive some classics, best sellers, memiors (interesting ones of people with really messed up lives ...kinda like Augusten Burroughs... ), books about California (I love my state! Would be thrilled to receive a book of photos of California), Queer lit (ones with gay characters as opposed to books discussing what it means to be gay), the ethical slut, only really interested in crafting books about beading with patterns.

open to receive things not listed here, of course. questions? feel free to ask!

i got everything ready today and will be shipping on Monday! love this!!!!

Just wanted to say I just mailed off my box and for delivery confirmation and an almost 14 lbs box of books it was $8.25!

This was a fun swap! I would love to do it again!