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
I have been a member since 11/6/2007, which makes three years and ten months on Tuesday!!
So happy to be a part of this community!!
I will have been a member for two years as of the day of the drawing – on September! It seems like yesterday, but it was September 6, 2009 when I first found the paperbackswap.com site thanks to my sister. This has enriched my life immensely and made my reading habit moe affordable.
I’ve been on PBS for about two years now and it has changed the way I read. Well, actually it has made me WANT to read.
I’ve been a member since 9/14/09….almost two years. This site is great and has given me access to books I haven’t been able to obtain elsewhere. I love it!
I’ve enjoyed PBS since Sept 2010 and love it! Happy bday, PBS!
I just joined in July of this year, 2011, after learning about PBS from a member of my new book club. So that makes me a member for about a month and a few days. I love it and Geri, my guide, has been fabulous about answering my questions.
Happy Birthday. I have been a member since 2/12/2007. PBS is the first site I check when I sit down to my computer and the last place I check before I call it a night and times in between. My husband once told me I can’t live long enough to read all the books I have and I am still receiving books from all the wonderful members of PBS.
Happy birthday, PBS. I’ve been a member since 11-7-2010. I’m so glad to have found this site. Thanks for the job you do!
Happy Birthday! I have been a member since 7/31/2007. I love books and needed an outlet to trade and a way to get books without spending the whole pay check on them.
I’m just a baby….joined 3/2010 but have loved every minute of it. I get excited when someone wants a book I have to offer and can’t wait until they get it.
Happy birthday, PBS, and many more! I have been a member since 7/13/09. Best site I ever joined!
I have been a member since 8/19/2010. And just LOVE this site. I’ve been able to get books that I normally wouldn’t be able to afford.
Happy birthday. I have been a member since 9/8/2005. I enjoy this site. Thank you.
I signed up on 8/30/2011. Although I haven’t been here long, I’ve got to say I love this site. Keep up the great work.
Mary M.
I’ve been a member since 5/5/2006, and always check here first when I want to read something! I especially like the fact that when someone chooses a book or books from my shelf, the books are going to someone who wants to read that particular book — unlike donating, when you don’t know if anyone will ever read that book.
I joined PBS on 11/11/2005 and have sent out 197 books and received 133 books. I love PBS because I didn’t like finishing a really good book and not knowing what to do with it. Now I am always excited to post a book.
I have been a member since 1/25/2009. My aunt found you and told me about you. I fell in love! I tell all my friends who read and have childeren who read about you. I plan to be a member for years to come!
I’ve been here since June 2009 when I was looking for good homes for my books that wouldn’t be properly appreciated here. 🙂
I have only been a member for 2 months, but have received many great books and think the whole idea is wonderful!
A member since 11-05-08; I love this sight and recommend it all the time to my tennis partners and opponents. One thing I love is the recommendations and the “Award Winning Books” categories. Loving to pass on books, this is a great way to share a good read while earning a credit towards the next good read! Paperbackswap.com allows me to experience not just the ‘newbies’, but also the classics I have missed, or wanted to reread. The sister sights are a wonderful way to exchange DVD’s and CD’s and I enjoy doing just that! What a great idea and an obviously successful one. Best wishes on our ‘birthday’ and much more success in the future.
Deborah C.
Wow..I have been here since 4/4/2009, and use all 3 sites.
I really appreciate the ability to swap credits from site to site.
After using other online swap sites, I can emphatically say this is the best one I have seen.
Navigation is a snap, using the features is easy and intuitive, and almost all of my books are now being swapped here at PBS.
Happy Birthday and many many more!!!!
M……………..
I have been a member for about only a year!! I love this site and the idea of swapping books. I hate the thought of people throwing a book away cause they didn’t like it. On paperback swap if you don’t like it…. someone else might!! Thanks for keeping me interested in reading books!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPERBACK SWAP!!!!!
I have been a member since June 18th 2007. I have loved every minute of it! I am a huge book person! I love to read and I am hoping that my passion for reading will be passed onto my two children! I have created a library so that as they grow they have great books right at home that they can grab and read at any time! I am so very thankful that paperbackswap was created. I have been able to have the dream of bringing great books into me home come true! Thank you so much! I have and will continue to tell as many people about you as I can! Happy Birthday to a wonderful site! Will always love you and will always be thankful!
A member since 1/2/2006. I can’t believe it’s been that long already. I love PaperBack Swap. Keep up the good work! 🙂
Brenda
I’ve been a member since 2/22/2011. I wish I’ve joined a lot sooner.
Happy Birthday! I’ve been a member since April 2009. I love this site. I’ve been able to find books here that our library doesn’t have. And, I love sharing my books that I’ve already read.
I joined in 2008 but have taken a year off, now I’m back and ready to trade! Happy Birthday PBS!
Happy Birthday!!! I have been a member since 9/16/2007. I really enjoy this site.
I have been a member since November 2008 so that is 2 years and 10 months. WOOHOO!!
Happy Birthday PBS. I joined in August of 2009. Continue the great work. It has been a sheer pleasure being a member.
Happy Birthday!! I joined October 2009…and I love it!! I tell everyone about it.
I have been a member since 12/27/2009. Thank you for this great community.
I have been a member since the 7th of January, 2007 (4 years and 8 months come Drawing day September 7th, 2011 – I hope some of these sevens bring me some extra good luck!!!)
Thanks to all I’ve either ordered from or received from – it continues to be grand!
I am a new member (joined a month ago) and am loving it! I’ve emailed all my friends and highly recommended PBS. A couple of friends have joined and begun swapping. I’m still bugging the others. (They don’t know what they’re missing!) Thanks for creating this site; and Happy Birthday!
I have been a member since February 3, 2011. I really enjoy mailing out books to people. My kids enjoy guessing which state people are sending from.
I love swapping.
I’m new to PaperbackSwap, happily stumbling upon it last month after becoming a member of its sister site, SwapaDVD.com, in July. The people at PaperbackSwap are so helpful and gracious as are the members. I’m thrilled with the variety and quality of books available.
Happy 7th birthday!
I have been a member since March of 2009. I love paperbackswap.com and tell all my friends about it at every opportunity.
I have been a member since 2009. It is the greatest site in the world. I spend hours looking at books. I love sending out books to other members and emailing back and forth with them. I guess you could say I am a paperbackswap junkie!!! When I have credits they burn a hole in my pocket and I have to pick out books right away. All the changes that this site has made are great changes. This site just keeps getting better.Keep up the great work! Happy 7th Birthday!
I have been a member since 1/2/2009. I love this site! I’m like a kid at Christmas every time I go to the mailbox and see a new book waiting for me. Keep up the good work and here’s to many more years of swapping!
I have been a member since 4/16/2008. This site has been a godsend to me. The high cost of most new books was preventing me from reading as much as I like to, thanks to paperback swap I have been able to read as much as I want and to get hooked on many new authors. Thanks for all that you do.
I have been a member since 1/11/2007 but it seems like way longer than that. I have enjoyed this site so much and have sent and received hundreds of great books. I have made many friends from this site too. This site only gets better and better all the time. Who knew back when I signed up for this site that I would gain friends that would greatly improve my life. Thanks so much paperback swap and happy 7th birthday!
I joined 08/18/2009 and have loved trading books on here! I’ve found some great books that I never knew existed as well as finding books my girls have needed for school projects. What a great site!
I believe I have been a member for almost 24, maybe 25 hours now! 🙂 Looking forward to much much more time on the site!
I’ve been a member since January 2010. It’s been wonderful! 🙂
I think I have been a member for about a year but try as I might I could not find it on my profile
I been a member since 1/11/2008. I really enjoy finding treasures that I have been looking for and finding new titles that I never knew about before browsing the. I love reading and writing the reviews. Looking forward to sharing the next seven years with you.
I think about a yr, its been wonderful!! So glad I found the website!!
A big Happy Birthday to you for turning 7!! I love PBSwap and I’ve been a member here since 6/18/2005.
I’ve been a member since 5/26/2009 and am happy to belong. Happy 7th Birthday.
I have been a member since 2007 and loving every minute. Thanks PaperbackSwap!