ReadItSwapIt is a book exchange

Book swapping

Book swapping or book exchange is the practice of a swap of books between one person and another. Practiced among book groups, friends and colleagues at work, it provides an inexpensive way for people to exchange books, find out about new books and obtain a new book to read without having to pay...

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Website

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 co-founded in 2005 by Andrew Bathgate and Neil Ferguson of London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, UK. It facilitates direct swapping of books among its members in the UK.

Operation

ReadItSwapIt operates a "direct swap" method of exchange, where a single book belonging to one member is exchanged for a single book belonging to another member. This is contrast to other book swap sites, which offer a credit-based system of exchange.

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  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
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