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 for just over a month. A random stranger actually recommended it to me, and it’s been a wonderful experience! Thanks PaperbackSwap!
I’ve been a member since 4/7/2008 and love PBS. I rave about it to everyone I know that loves to read!
I have been a member for three years!
for almost 3 years now I have enjoyed trading books on PBS. I joined on 10/24/2008. Never regretted the choice to join. Thanks PaperbackSwap!
I’m responding to the Happy Birthday post to enter into the contest to receive 7 free credits. The date that I joined Paperback Swap is 7/23/11 and I am really enjoying it!
Paula S.
Happy Birthday PBS! I have been a member since 12/10/2009! I reccommend your website to all my book-loving friends 🙂
I have been a member since 04/26/2008. Love this site!
I’ve been a member almost 4 years! Love PaperbackSwap–especially when I get a book I’ve been longing for on my wish list!
I want to thank you for having this bookswap website available…..It’s amazing to have such a selection of books to choose from! I love being a member even though I just started over 4 months ago. I want to go thru all my bookshelves and post, post, post….LOL! Happy 7th Birthday!!!!
My enjoyable experience at Paperback Swap began on January 31, 2011, which makes me a member for 7 months! Thanks to the receptive volunteers, members, and admins for keeping the site running smoothly. I’m looking forward to many more months of reading and sharing. 😀
I have been a member for 1487 days. I’ve gotten a number of books for my sons, depending on what they are studying in school at the time. A couple of things I’ve traded were a calendar, and educational material.
I’ve been a member since May 1, 2010! I found out about PBS when I noticed that my roommate kept receiving these mysterious white book-shaped packages– I’m so glad I asked her where they were coming from! Thanks for keeping a great thing going.
I have been a member of PBS for over 5 years! I love this site and it’s members. I’ve made some wonderful friends, found amazing authors, books and genres I’d never imagined were out there. I remember my first night on PBS, which books I posted and the first book I ever ordered (Nancy Drew and the Flying Saucer Mystery) for my collection.
Happy Birthday PBS!!!!
I have been a member for just over 2 years and I love it! I read so much that even though I get multiple books through PBS, I am still buying books to post! Thanks so much, PBS and happy birthday!
I have been a member since 5/9/08. Love this site and tell people about it all the time!!
Happy Birthday! I have been a member since 3/10/2008 & have loved every minute of it! Such a great service!
Ive been a member since 3/27/2009! Love the site, told many people about it!
I have been a member of paperback swap for two years. My first swap took place in Oct. 2009. Keep up the good work, paperback swap. I have enjoyed getting and giving books. Happy Birthday PBS !!! Many more happy years.
I have been a member for 1 year exactly TODAY!!!
I love PBS and I am always raving about it to everyone I know and some that I don’t know, lol!
Happy Birthday PAPERBACKSWAP!!!!!
I just became a member one week ago today. So glad I found this site. Love it! Happy Birthday!!! And thank you.
I have been a member for about a year…love it!!Happy Birthday!!
I’ve been a member since 7/25/2006. I love this site for the ability to find older, out of print books, esp. those that are part of a saga/series.
I’ve told many people about PBS, usually fellow bus riders.
Keep on booking!
I have been a member since July ’09 and I LOVE IT! We’ve gotten almost 100 books from PBS! Happy Birthday!
I have been a member since 2007 and I have loved every minute of it! Happy birthday!
I have been a member for a little over less than a week! LOL I haven’t even picked my first book yet because I can’t decide which one I want to read first. There are so many choices. My mother has talked about this site for a long time now and I decided that all the books in my room needed a better home. This is such a fabulous idea. Happy 7th Birthday and let’s hope for many more!
Carol K AKA G-mom as my 8 grand kids call me.
I have been a member since 12-20-2008.
i am, always telling folks about PBS. I read about it in my local newspaper.
I’ve been a member for about 6 weeks and LOVE it! I’ve gotten my sister addicted and will be mentioning it at my next book club meeting.
I have been a member since September 2009! I tell everyone to join.
I’ve been a member since 6/7/2005 . Hard to believe it’s really been over 6 years!!! Love me some PBS! 🙂
Happy Birthday! I joined in January 2011 while vacationing in Florida with a member.
Happy Birthday, PBS! I have been a member since 3/4/2010, which, coincidentally, is the day after my own birthday. To tweak the British birthday greeting, “Many Happy Swaps”! This is a great service, and I often recommend it.
I have been a member since 5-6-11 and I love paperbackswap
I have been a member since January of 2009. Happy birthday! 🙂
I’ve been a member for just a couple of weeks, but I’ve already sent out a few books, and received a few! I’m loving this so far.
9/10/2008 is the date I signed up for this most awesome site. I have sent out almost 150 books now and have received over 100 and still have some on the wish list. Very glad to have found this site and am very happy to be a part of it.
Happy 7th Birthday!! I have been a member since June 22, 2009.
I have been a member for over 5 months now.
It’s been a wonderful FIVE YEARS since I joined pbs.com. I’ve mailed 263 books, received 198 books, and donated to both school and military programs. I think this is the greatest site ever! I’ve read authors I would not have known about without reading reviews on pbs, I’ve ordered books for my grandsons, and even bought a few books through pbs marketplace……thanks pbs and HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!
I joined 2/5/2007 and am sure I made my first post of the forums within a week.
I love our PBS community as well as the ability to swap books.
Thank you one and all for making this site the joy it is!
I joined up 8/20/2006. Five years of swapping and feeding my book addiction. Happy Birthday!
I have been a member since january 2009. Thanks to my sister for the referral. Happy Birthday to PBS. You have saved me lots of money and kept my husband happy because he did not have to build me a new bookcase! 🙂
Member since 2/27/2007!
I think it’s been 7 weeks! 😉 I joined on 6/16/11
Happy Birthday!!
I have been a member for almost 4 years!
I have been a member for 2.5 years and love it!!
I love PBS!!! I joined on May 13, 2009 and continue to love and spread the word.. I have mailed 155 books and received 152!!! What big savings and have made so many friends and talked to so many people!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
I joined this wonderful site on 8/13/2005 and am so thrilled I did!!! I have this deal with God that I can’t die until I have read all my books. Thanks to PBS I have some HUGE! TO-BE-READ STACKS!!!!
Thank you for all you do!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! and many more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LORI C./Dollycas
Started a little over six months ago. Can’t believe I never knew about this site. Been collecting books since I was 12 years old (in 1965).
I have been a member since March 25, 2010. I’m an avid reader and it’s my dream to stumble upon a series that never ends – that would rock my world 🙂
Happy Birthday!
I’ve been a member for over 3 years, just celebrated my 3 year anniversary on 8/17/2008! Thanks for all the great books!