Now that I've both sent and received books successfully through BookMooch, a service that allows people to swap books through the mail, I thought I'd let my readers know that I've tried it and liked it. PC Magazine just gave a positive review to a similar service called PaperBackSwap, but I find the BookMooch interface a bit less hectic. Incidentally, the two books I've traded so far have both been hardbacks. I don't know if you can trade hardbacks at PaperbackSwap, but you can at BookMooch.

There's a nice graphic on the front page of the site by Andrice Arp, which I've shown here. I like the way the book is running into the arms of a new reader, as if they're long-lost friends.