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Thursday, September 1, 2005
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58 Million Americans Buy Books Online: New Automated Service Lets Members Exchange Them, Get Books Of Equal Value
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NEW YORK, New York, September 2005 - How much will you pay for your next great read? Perhaps nothing but shipping if you use Bookins (www.bookins.com), a new person-to-person book trading website.
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Membership is free, and there are no late fees or due dates. Everything is automated, and prepaid postage is provided. Members mail books to those wanting their titles. In return, they get books of equal value from those with titles they want. It is free to send books, and $3.99 shipping to receive them
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"Booklovers are hard-pressed to sell books for pennies on the dollar; it's simply not worth the time or effort," says Mitchell Silverman, Bookins co-founder. "With a vast selection of books available for trade in hardcover and paperback, we promise members great reads, ultimate convenience, and peace of mind knowing their used books will have new readers."
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Bookins opens up a world of book trading to all web users in the U.S., especially the 57.8 million people estimated to have purchased books online in 2004, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Bookins arranges for hassle-free, fair trades-with no bidding, negotiating, or communication between the parties.
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Members simply make a list of books they own, and pick books they want. Bookins sets the value for each book based on market factors including price, date published, awards won, and popularity.
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Patent-pending matching and alerting technologies prompt members to mail books. Postage-paid U.S. mailing labels, with delivery confirmation, print directly from the website. Shipments are tracked by Bookins, and members receive email notification when items are shipped and delivered.
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Bookins member Jason Stocks, of Phoenix, Ariz., recently shipped "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to Maxine Oresky on Long Island, N.Y. In exchange, Bookins automatically arranged for Jason to receive one of his selections, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," from Max Manelski, a Bookins member in Redbank, N.J.
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"I may never visit Barnes & Noble(R) again," says Stocks. "With Bookins, l have books coming and going. Some I keep, others I re-list for trade. It's just that easy."
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