By Deana (PBSDeana) – PaperBackSwap Team
That’s right, it’s our 7th birthday!
We’ve passed some great milestones in the last year including 5 million books posted, the 10 millionth book mailed and received, donating over 32,000 books to schools & 17,500 books to the military. We’ve also swapped hundreds of thousands of books and added plenty of fantastic new features to make the Club even better. We’ve added new members, made new friends, found new authors we never would have tried, played games, laughed and shared and cried with each other, and learned so much along the way. We are delighted to see how the Club has grown and evolved in the past 7 years, and look forward to many more years reading together.
It’s no secret that all of our volunteers and members are what makes PBS the wonderful community it is today. In celebration of all of you that have made the last seven years so incredible, the PBS Team is turning the tables and giving YOU the birthday gifts! We are a group of readers, so of course there’s no better present than book credits!
To enter our Happy Birthday to Us Drawing, just respond to this post and tell us how long you’ve been a member of PBS. If you aren’t sure how long you’ve been a member, you can find it in “My Profile” under “My Account”. If you haven’t chosen a nickname or made a profile yet, now would be a great time. Simply go to “My Account”, choose “Settings” and click “Set Up a Profile”. You can also see the date you joined on each forum post you write.
We will draw 7 responses at random to receive 7 credits each! The contest will end on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 7:00 pm. We will announce the 7 winners of 7 credits each on Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Do you see a pattern here?
Good luck, and go eat a piece of cake for us!
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Tags: Contests, Free Credits, Milestones
Happy Birthday! I’ve been a member since 2006 and have loved every minute. In this time, I have mailed and received many books, joined games, granted and received wishes, sent RAOKs, and even attempted to lose some weight in the Weight Loss Challenges. The members I have connected with are kind, helpful, and generous people. Wishing you many more years of success. Happy Reading!
Happy Birthday PBS! I’ve been a member since 7/21/06 and I just love it! I’ve had a lot of fun sending and receivng books and have recommended the site to friends who enjoy it just as much. I love finding books that I might not have otherwise found. This is a terrific site and I wish you many more years of great swapping!
Happy Birthday! I’ve been a member since 2007 and absolutely love it. You’re site has been wonderful for an avid reader like myself. Hope you enjoy many more birthdays!
WOW! Happy Birthday been a member since 3/30/2007. This site has been a miracle in my life!
Happy Birthday! I have been a member since 2008 and have recommended this site to all my book lover friends. This is one of the regular sites I visit.
Happy Birthday! I have been a member since May 2009 and absolutely love it! I hated having books I read just lying around collecting dust and I have read so many books since joining and discovered new authors thanks to the members here!!! It is fantastic!
Happy Birthday PBS!! I’ve been a member since April 2006. Still love the site and recommend it to my friends all of the time. Hope you have many more years.
I’ve been a member since 2/6/2008. Happy Birthday! I love that I can choose other addresses to send books to so now I can send some to my daughter in college. 🙂
Happy birthday to a wonderful Website!
Member Since: 4/1/2006
Happy Birthday PBS! I have been a member since 2008, I have Mailed 71 books and received 70 books since I joined. I know I would not have gotten as many books to read if I had not joined PBS. Love it!!
I have been a member since February 2009. I love this site and spend time on it every day. I have received so many books that I would not have known about otherwise. Happy Birthday!!!!!
Happy Birthday!! I have been a member since June 2011. I rea
I’ve been a member since August 2009. PaperBackSwap is one of the best sites I have ever found on the web! I love being able to find out more about a book or an author in an easy to use format. And since I live in Puerto Rico, where we no longer have any book stores, PBS has been the only way for me to get books I love in English! Thank you for a wonderful idea, and a wonderful community of like-minded readers!
I joined this site two weeks ago and I already love it! I appreciate that books I no longer need are going to people who want them and I can get “new” books for my family. I’ve been homeschooling for almost a dozen years and this site is my favorite book resource ever. I especially like the feature that allows me to print postage from my computer. Could recycling be any easier?
I’ve been a member since May 2006! Happy Birthday, PBS!
Happy birthday, PBS! I have been a member since 12/7/2005 and have received and sent many books in those years. Having a much-wanted book delivered to my mailbox within a few days of ordering has been WONDERFUL!
Been here since May of 2008 and would have been longer if I’d known about it before then. Love this site!
Wahoooo!!!!! It’s your Birthday!!!! Happy Birthday!!!! Only 9 more years until you can drive…lol 🙂 I have been a member since 4/30/2011. And plan on never leaving. I LOVE this site!!! One book alone that I recieved was listed on Amazon for $147.00!!! So thanks so much!!! I celebrate your birth!!!!
Happy B’day PBS! I’ve loved being a member since April 2008!!
I’ve been a member for about five and a half years. I don’t even go into used bookstores anymore! This site is great!
Happy Birthday, PBS!!! I have been a member since 1/10/06 and have enjoyed it so very much. I have told quite a few people about the site.
Happy Birthday, PBS! What an FANTASTIC milestone! I have been a member since 3/12/07 and have LOVED every minute of being a member! Enjoy your day ~ we are all blessed to have found you!
I’ve just had my birthday, too! I’ve been a member since 8/23/2009 and have been grateful for every day I’ve belonged. I’ve tried books I never would have before; I’ve been able to get books for my kids’ classes and clubs; and I’ve reduced my guilt about my voracious reading addiction! (Who can feel guilty when “new” books are at just the right “price?”)
Thanks to all of you who took on the challenge of creating this great service. Happy Birthday to all of us!
Happy Birthday!!!!
For some odd reason I’m unable to get to the My Profile page but from my transaction history, I believe I have been a member since May 2006!
Happy Birthday to the best site on the Internet. I have been a member since 5/19/09 and have ordered well over 400 books. Don’t tell anyone I have another 200 books on my Wish List!!
Happy Birthday to you all! I have been a member since Feb. 2009 and can only say that I absolutely love this website and the service it provides. I have been able to find some really off-the wall books for my husband and he now will always ask me to look for books here first before he goes to the bookstore!
Keep up the great work!
I have been a member since 3/24/2009 and it is the joy of my life. Happy Birthday to you and Happy Birthday to me this year as I turn 65. I told everyone I know (snd even strangers) about this wonderful place and told my children as I get older the only thing I hope to never lose is my ability to read. The gifts I give to others are always books for those who read and for those I would to see start. Thank you for this site…….now I can afford to read everything……….Yahoo!!
I’ve been a member since July 2010. It’s been wonderful–thank you!
Happy Birthday to you!!! Glad you’re here!
Hi! I’ve been a member since February of 2007 and have thoroughly enjoyed this site!
HAPPY Birthday!
I’ve been a member since 12/6/10, and I already know that PBS is THE Best Website in the world!
As I like to tell people, I have part of this group for 4 years, 11 months! (dang today is the first, so its not as fun!) I joined on a boring dreary October Sunday afternoon, when Funnsun found me on another site and asked if I had ever heard of PBS, um no. She brought me over, and I have been a faithful follower ever since!
Oct 1, 2006 was one of the BEST days of my life, and it has only gotten better! I have met so many new friends, and learned so many new things, yep, its been fun!!
Happy Birthday Paperback Swap! I’ve been a member since 11/15/10 and have loved every transaction! Happy Birthday and Many Many More!
Happy Birthday PBS!! I have only been a member for about a month and I am wishing every day that I had found it sooner. Every day I log on and see what great new books are available! I am also a new home school Mom and am very excited that I will find MANY books and references to help my children on their journey of academic achievement. Thank you ALL so very much from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful site and thank you to all the members who share their books here for everyone to wish and receive. God bless you PBS and I look forward to many years of book-swapping mania.
P.S. Many kudos to the creators. To create such a wonderful site, warms my heart and excites my mind!!
Happy Birthday!!
I have been a member of PBS since 3/18/2009. I have met wonderful new friends and have been introduced to a lot of great authors!! Thanks so much!
Thank you PBS! I’ve been a member since May 4, 2010. I’ve sent out more than 300 books, making room on my bookshelf for lots and lots of new ones! I’ve traded in books I’ve known and loved and made connections with other book lovers. Many of the new books I’ve ordered are for my grandkids, who I hope become book lovers too!
Happy Birthday PBS
Thank you for all the fun!
Member Since: 5/29/2011
Wow! Paperback Swap has been around for 7 years and I’ve been a member for only 2 and a half years!! Wish I had heard of the site earlier – there’s years of books I could have traded…ah, well, at least I found you now! Happy Birthday, PBS!
I’ve been a member for a little over 6 years.
Happy Birthday PBS!
Happy Birthday PBS!! I have been a member since 3/16/2007 and have loved it!! I have rediscovered my passion for reading since becoming a member! This is a great website!
Happy B-day!! I’ve been a member since April 3, 2011 and have recently been using the site like crazy!
This is a pretty awesome site with room to grow (which is always a plus when it comes to a swap site. More books! More features!) and I’m glad I had a friend kick me in the rear to start using this more.
Happy Birthdayday PBS!
Ive been a member for about 2 1/2 years and just love it here!
I’ve been a member for about 7 months. This service has been awesome for finding some harder to find books we need for school!
I have been a member since Sunday, less than a week! but I am loving it and have told LOTS of people about it, what a find. Wish I’d known about PBS sooner. What is a nice surprise to me: normally I hate wrapping and mailing things, but I have found it pleasurable to carefully wrap a book I love, while anticipating someone receiving it like a wished -for gift. Browsing book lists has led to some great discoveries and experiencing my own anticipation of a new book.
Happy Birthday!! I have been a member since Jan 2010 and I love it more and more each time I use it. 🙂
Happy Birthday Paperbackswap! And many more. I’ve been a member since 11/23/2008. I’ve sold and purchased many book plus I have 98 books on my Wish List. I love the fact that these books are being recycled. I enjoy seeing what is being read since this encourages me to read books I might not pick up otherwise. The members are so very kind and you’ve made the mailing process so easy.
I’ve been a member of PBS for 4 years. It has been a WONDERFUL find for me. I’ve saved so much money swapping books. I love that I can swap for a book to see if I might like the series, if I do, I can swap for the rest of them, if I don’t, I can just swap it again. It’s also been great for my kids–ages 6 and 9. I can swap away their baby books and get them books on their level. I also LOVE the new gold membership! Thanks for doing such a great job, PBS and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I have been a member since April 2009. I just wish I’d found this site earlier! Now I spread the word however I can. I can’t wait to see what the next 7 years bring!
Happy birthday PBS!!! 😀 I have been a member since August 2008 (three years). I have had a great time and it’s really encouraged me to read more. Thanks for everything you do!
Happy Birthday PBS! I have been a member since 3/7/11, so just found this site recently. Wish I had found it 7 years ago! Have already swapped many, many books since I joined. What a great group!
I have been a member since 1/4/07 Happy Birthday. I love this site!