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I had some company over the holidays and they shared their 3 new website picks. Thanks Chris and Rachel for telling me about how to get Free DVD’s, Free CD’s and Free Paperbacks. I’ve been to all three websites and this is great way to find all the obscure media that I have been looking for. It’s also a great way to get rid of all those unwanted books, not worth a second viewing dvds and lame cd’s.

Paperback Swap has 4,250,377 free books listed today on their site www.paperbackswap.com . Swaping books is easy just list some books you have and earn a point for each book you ship to someone who requests it. In return for the point  you can get a book you want shipped to you for free. I have found some great gothic literature and books with gothic themes through paperback swapping.

 Swap a dvd has 164,935 free DVD’s listed today on their website www.swapadvd.com. It’s easy to get a DVD for free just by paying the postage for shipping one to someone else. Dvd swapping is a great way to get those hard to find industrial, gothic, techno groove dvds.

www.cdswap.com with 292,647 music cds you can turn all those lame cds over and swap them for better ones at cd swap.

Thanks again to Chris and Rachel for sharing a money saving fun way to get rid of that stack of movies, Dvd’s and Cd’s sitting in my closet. Have a great week! Gemolis

There is a fascinating new book out by Peter Ackroyd called “Poe, A Life Cut Short”.  It’s a Biography of Edgar Allen Poe who is known as the praised author that does not get read a lot. Ackroyd says that Poe has been misrepresented and he did not invent gothic literature, but reinvented a tradition of horror and morbid drama. Poe was born in Boston in 1809 I found a number of interesting facts about Poe it is no wonder he was considered one of Americas important writers even before his death in 1849.

Money Saving tip: go to the library and reserve this book when it comes in as it was just published in Jan 2009.

Happy reading! Gemolis