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Swap Spotlight Archive
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Swaptree Sees the World, and Swaps for it
If you’ve been following Swaptree on Facebook you know we’ve been very busy traveling the world and finding new things to swap for. Sure, we still swap our books, CDs, DVDs and video games – after all, a girl needs her bag of fun when flying all over the world – but we’ve picked up [...] -
Swaptree’s ‘Storybook Ending’
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, in a land called "Bahston", the Swaptree team spent a summer working on new member initiatives and adding new products to our platform. The initiatives launched earlier than planned, thanks to an upsetting basketball game against the LA Lakers... -
Swaptree Announces $6 Million Financing
Swaptree.com announced a $6 million round of financing, and welcomes Jeff Bennett as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. -
Russell Brand to host ‘Buy Love Here’ swapping event
Russell Brand is joining the Swap Movement. The comedian and actor is scheduled to host ‘Buy Love Here,’ a swap-meet-type event on Thursday, May 27, in Los Angeles. Buy Love Here attendees can bring used goods and trade them for anything from clothing to electronics. The event is a “social experiment” that will create a [...] -
Leading the Swap Movement…
It is sure great to say hello to all of you today in this post on “Swapping Ideas,” our Swaptree blog. I have been involved with Swaptree as a user, advisor, board member and now, I’m moving to the role as CEO. (You might have seen the news in the article that appeared in the [...] -
Money Saving Swapping Tips from ABC News
Tara Goldenberg, of Northeast Philadelphia, loves cookbooks and says she could easily spend hundreds of dollars at the bookstore to add to her collection. But instead, she gets her books from Swaptree. -
LIVE! From the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Swaptree invaded the UCLA campus last weekend and took part in the very busy, and very big, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. As we gear up for Book Expo of America in New York (May 25-27), here's our recap of what went down in LA... -
Swap Spotlight: Disney Puts ‘Green’ Books Online for Earth Day
It's a small world, after all. In honor of Earth Day's 40th anniversary, Mickey and the gang are gearing up for a celebration and highlighting Disney books with an environmental message. -
Swap Spotlight: 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners
Not sure what book to read next? The Pulitzer people have some suggestions for you.









