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Your adult children (adult = older than 18 years) are welcome to join, as long as they do not cause you to exceed the number of accounts permitted per household or address.

  • The limit is 2 accounts per household or address
  • Both of these accounts must be held by adults
  • Each of these accounts must be opened and managed by a different person
  • Each account must be managed by the member whose name is on the account.  
  • All of this information is available in the PBS Terms of Use

The PBS policy on underage members as stated in the Terms of Service is:

"This Site may be used only by persons 18 years of age or older. National Book Swap [PBS] makes no representations whatsoever regarding the suitability of any items exchanged through this Site."

If you are under 18, and wish to swap books here:

  • Please ask an adult family member who lives in your house about trading books for you.
  • If you already have an account with us, and you are a minor, we will contact you soon about closing your account.
    • Any credits that you may have can be transferred to a family member that is over 18 in your home (minus any startup credits that were obtained through the opening of this "illegal" account).
    • If neither of your parents is registered, we hope one of them will register with us, and we will certainly welcome you back as a member when you turn 18!

If you are a parent who wants to register an account for your underage child, we are sorry, but you cannot do so.

  • We know that this may seem an inconvenience for you or your child, but we instituted this policy on the advice of legal counsel.
  • We cannot guarantee your child's safety on the Internet, nor assure you that your child will be protected from child-inappropriate content.
  • We support the love of books and reading in children! But we want them to be safe, too. So please, use your account to swap books for them, until they turn 18.
  • The PBS Terms of Use are a legal contract, and persons under 18 cannot sign legal contracts in the US.

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