Welcome to Exchange Books & Magazines!

We are a website aimed at connecting people who love to read and who love the environment.

We are a non-profit organization currently staffed by 2 volunteers Why did we want to create this network? (You can read more in the "About Us" page)

The paper industry is one of the greatest energy consumers and one of the largest water polluters in the world. In the U.S., we consume at least 200 billion pounds of paper per year, and the consumption continues to grow annually. In addition, paper production is one of the primary reasons our forests are being cleared at a fast pace.

We believe that in order to reduce the impact on environmental degradation, we need to reduce our level of consumption.

Exchanging books and magazines rather than buying and subscribing new ones is one way of reducing the consumption of paper.

There are already websites offering member services in book exchange, however we didn't see one that offered magazine exchange, and we saw a need that could be filled. Magazine publications in fact consume more paper than book publications, because magazines are issued weekly to monthly, and unlike books, once read, they are rarely kept and often tossed into recycling (at least, we hope!).

Paper recycling is great and uses less energy compared to the creation of new paper products, but still, it does use energy. In the slogan of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", our focus is on reducing and reusing.

Our service is created to network people who feel the same way, who love to read, and who would love to exchange magazines and books with each other rather than subscribe and buy new ones.