Help Center - What can be posted for swapping here?

PBS is for the exchange of used books across all topics of interest. paperback, hardcover and audio books in good condition are acceptable here. 

Guidelines below

Allowed:

• Paperback books
• Hardcover books (dust jackets not required)
• Audio books (must be originals, not burned copies)
• Ex-library books
• Books with accompanying media
• Textbooks/Workbooks 
• Foreign-language books (if in a language other than English, the language needs to be specified in the book description)
• Playaways (these are considered audiobooks)

Not allowed:

• Anything that is not a book (this includes calendars, coloring books, blank journals)
• Anything that contains advertising
• Advance Reader Copies* (also known as ARC s, Review Copies or Uncorrected Proofs--these are not the final versions of books)
• CD-ROM books/e-books (books that must be read on a computer)
• Burned copies of audio books
• Xerox or otherwise unoriginal copies of books
• Unbound pages
• leaflets or pamphlets or booklets** without ISBNs (other members complain at spending a credit for these)
• Brochures/Promotional "first chapters" of books - these are not complete books, even if they have an ISBN
• Books that require supplementary non-media materials (non-media materials cannot be sent by MediaMail)
• Pornography (sex manuals and erotica are allowed, hardcore pornography is not allowed)

*ARCs may be swapped "unofficially" in the Book Bazaar Discussion Forums.  They may not be Posted to a PBS Bookshelf.

**A leaflet/pamphlet is an item with fewer than 20 pages; a booklet is an item with between 20 and 50 pages that is not a children's book. Children's books often have less than 50 pages and are not considered booklets just because of their short pagelength.

Please note: if you Post an inappropriate item for swapping, it may be removed from the database as an automatic action without notice; if it has been requested from you before that happens, you will not get credit for sending it.

Related Links:

Book Condition Criteria for 'Swappability' at PBS
What materials can be sent by Media Mail postal rate?
How to find books to request
How to post a book
Can I specify books I don't want? (for example, books that smell of smoke)