Since in a few days the school will begin for all Italian students, for sure the race to purchase the textbook for every subject to be studied is also about to start which, in the case of high schools and high schools or technical institutes, can be a substantial expense. Those who want to save, instead of buying new books, go to the used book markets looking for the text that the school obliges to buy.
Alternatively, it is important to know that you can also find and exchange used books on the internet, for free .
Anyone who owns a used book, be it from school or otherwise, can give it away or exchange it and have another book in exchange.
1) The Codacons, in 2008, had set up a website to counter the expensive book and encourage the exchange of texts to users and students
In fact, the site //www.codacons.net/librigratis was a forum where registered people (obviously at no cost) make requests or proposals.
Today it no longer exists.
Those who want to give or exchange the book can then use the forum specifying the title, author, edition and other data of the book they want to give or exchange.
Codacons only provides an old-fashioned contact space, where people can come into contact independently, leaving a contact address (i.e. the email address).
Interesting is the presentation page of the service, where the consumer association denounces the expensive book, citing the law that allows the possibility to download for free from the internet and print all books not covered by copyright such as, for example, " La Divina Commedia ", " I Promessi Sposi " and the other texts found on the sites where you can download Ebooks in Italian for free
2) The Italian Libroscambio site allows you to sell and buy used books by bringing together users who need to buy school books and texts for university exams.
The books are sold by private negotiation and, for each text, the city where the seller is located and the university where that book is used is also indicated.
3) A site that has introduced a new free book exchange system is BookMooch, whose database contains more than 3000 books in Italian (non-school).
The exchange is based on the scores that are given to users each time they make a book available for exchange.
The books are also new but there is no copyright infringement as it is about gifts and donations; for each book you give, you can get a different book in return .
There is never an exchange of money and anyone can register and make their library available.
4) The Anobii.com portal, on the other hand, is a truly high-level web application because it allows anyone, free of charge, to create their own personal page with a list of favorite books .
Basically, we are going to create a kind of blog where anyone can create an online library publicly available on the internet by everyone and where they can also create a small shop for sale or exchange with other registered users.
To finish this discussion on the books and texts used, talking about the shipping costs that become decisive when using exchange services or buying and selling on the internet.
Well, at the Italian Post Office there is a shipping service called Pieghi di Libri dedicated to shipping one or more books together.
The service is cheap and the price is based on how many kg must be sent by post.
Curious how much technological and economic progress brought the ancient barter back into fashion!
