Marche Book eXchange

Welcome to the Le Marche Book Swap Club.

MarcheXchange is a site designed to bring people together to share books in and around the Marche Region of Italy. Created especially for the poeople who live or visit the region to share and swap english and Italian books. It works by each member offering a small number of books which become available for other people to enjoy.

What are the benefits of joining MarcheXchange?

  • Instant access to a central library of available books.
  • Enjoy low costs of posting books within Italy.
  • Share books and find new and interesting authors.
  • A forum which allows you to discuss books and related subjects with fellow members.
  • Avoid excess baggage with the low cost airlines.
  • Future addition of DVD's.

Here's how it works

  • On joining you submit a list of books you own and are willing to share with others
  • You then gain immediate access to the central library of available books contributed by the other members
  • Request the book(s) you want to read by clicking on the titles in the central library.
  • An email will then be automatically generated and sent to the current keeper of the requested book
  • The current keeper of the book will confirm your request and ask for an address to send your book to and then send your requested books by 'Pieghi di Libri' post.
  • Alternatively, bring your registered available books to any Marche book club meeting to swap directly with others.
  • In turn you will respond to e-mail requests from other members who want to read any of your books entered in the central library.
  • Six weeks later the transferred books are re-entered automatically into the central library under the name of the new holder as available
  • All this for free - no subscriptions necessary.

Additional Benefits

The website offers many useful features, including a comprehensive search facility enabling you to find books by title or author. There is also a link to a comprehensive database providing synopsis, reviews and other information about the books available in the central library. A forum has been set up enabling members to exchange comments / reviews and to recommend books.