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2. Book swapping - Wikipedia

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   A "street book exchange" in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Book swapping or book exchange is the practice of a swap of books between one person and another. Practiced among book groups, friends and colleagues at work, it provides an inexpensive way for people to exchange books, find out about new books and obtain a new book to read without ...

3. Public bookcase - Wikipedia

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   Public bookcase in use, Bonn, Germany (2008) A public bookcase (also known as a free library or book swap or street library or sidewalk library) is a cabinet which may be freely and anonymously used for the exchange and storage of books without the administrative rigor associated with formal libraries.

4. BookCrossing - Wikipedia

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   BookCrossing (also known as BC, BCing or BXing) is defined as the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be 'caught' by others, who may then do likewise. The term is derived from bookcrossing.com, a free online book community which was founded in 2001 to encourage the practice, aiming to "make the whole world a library."

5. Southwestern Advantage - Wikipedia

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   Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN.The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods.

6. Textbook exchange - Wikipedia

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   A textbook exchange is the selling or trading of textbooks used from a previous college semester to students needing that textbook for the current semester. It is primarily aimed to fight the rising cost of college books. [ 1 ]

7. Leonard Riggio - Wikipedia

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   While at New York University, Riggio founded the Student Book Exchange in 1965 and turned this small bookstore into a leading retailer.He acquired the Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York City in 1971 and adopted its name for his expanding company.