Do you ever get tired of the books you’ve read and reread on your bookshelves? You tell yourselves you will read them again, but the truth is you won't. Let’s face it; it is time to get new books. Fortunately, the treehugger in you won’t contribute to deforestation anymore. So how do you get new books without buying new books? Consider swapping for different ones. Don’t know how to swap? Look below for quick tips.

The Library. This is the first and most obvious place to swap. Clean out your bookshelves and donate your old books to the library. The library sells the books at book-sales. The profits from the book-sales go back to the library to provide more books and accommodations to library users.

After donating your books use your library card and check out new books for this weeks read. Open your mind and be daring and pick a book in a category you haven’t read before. The library has so many wonderful options to choose from. If you don’t like the book you picked, not a problem, just return it and get another one.

Swap books with someone you know. Swap with neighbors, friends, and family. Chances are you know someone with bookshelves of books collecting dust. Tell them about your swap idea. Swap to borrow or swap to keep. You make the contract.

Swap online. If you enjoy the luxury of actually owning your books so you can take your time reading them and rereading them as you please; that’s understandable. Swap books online through paperbackswap.com. This allows you to swap books from a greater selection of books. It is as easy to do, if not easier, than swapping with friends or with the library. Easily post the books you no longer want by typing in the ISBN number. For each book you post and swap you receive credit. Each credit allows you to order a new used book.

In addition feel free to read book reviews, search by category, participate in the box-o-books and make friends. It is free to be a member, but member’s do to have to pay the shipping cost to mail their books to another member. If you think of it as buying a new used book for about 2 bucks each then it really isn’t all that bad.

Reduce the cost. Reduce your shipping cost at paperbackswap.com with box-o-books or by finding paperbackswap.com member in you area. Send a private message to the member who has the books you are interested in and ask if they are willing to trade in person saving you on postage and making you new friends in the process.

Finally swap Cds too. Everything is digital today, but chances are you probably have some Cds piling up on your bookshelf too. Even though they’re growing out of style you like owning Cds, but you’re bored of the ones you currently own? Lucky for you you can swap Cds online too. Just click on the swapacd link at the paperbackswap website and get started.

It’s that easy. Just think, soon you will have greener bookshelves, new books to read, and possibly new friends just by swapping. May your bookshelves grow green and be filled with new used entertainment from now on.