A Place to Get Free Yoga Books & DVDs
Yoga books and DVDs, as you may know, can add up. I found this great website called Bookins where you can trade books and DVDs and just pay the cost of shipping when you receive a product. I’ve used this to get a number of used yoga books, including books on Bikram, Sivananda, and Iyengar. I’ve got a yoga DVD on the way.
The system works via a point system. You earn points that you can use to receive your free book or DVD. You get 15 points just for signing up, and you earn additional points by giving books away. (You can also earn some points when people sign up for your referral link, of course.) Then, you just pay a flat rate of $4.49 for shipping when you receive your book or DVD.
What’s great about this service is that you do not have to pay to ship your books to others. The person receiving the book pays for the shipment. When someone requests a book you have listed for trade, you simply print out the postage and slap it on the package. Drop it in a mailbox and, boom, you’ve earned some points for future books and DVDs.
I’ve already sent one book out and received 9 points for the trade. It was very easy to do. You can also add your BookCrossing label to the book if you want to track it that way as well.
If I have one gripe about this service is that it seems that people are a bit slow to request your books. (Or maybe my books are just not in demand.) But this could also be that the service is new and just needs a few more people on it. Because of this, I have to be a bit judicious with the points I have. I have a tendency to want to buy every interesting yoga book that’s posted on the site - after all, for less than $5, it’s a steal!
They do have a promotional offer where you can purchase shipping credits in advance - 11 for the price of 10, with 20 points added to your account. This is a smart way to get some points and get one shipment for free.
If you do a search on yoga, you’ll find a decent selection of diverse yoga books available. I even found some Shiva Rea DVDs listed for trade.
I don’t have any yoga books yet on my trade list, but when I have one available, I’ll post it here. And hopefully you can post your used yoga books as well!