The Mega Book Swap is a place for everyone to get books for free or cheap.
Prepay for 3 tickets and skip any lines
Want to prepay for tickets and skip the line? Get 3 tickets for $10 in advance and we absorb the Eventbrite & credit card fees for you 🙂
Tickets will be held under your name.
You ALSO get entered in a draw to win 20 more tickets!
TICKET SWAP ATRIUM : How it works
You get tickets and you swap your ticket for a book from the big book zone that will have over 100 books in it! Most of the books will ‘cost’ just one ticket. There will be tables spread out in the large Atrium and books will be grouped roughly into areas like “Fiction”, “Memoir”, “Children’s”.
How to get tickets:
You can BUY TICKETS
You can buy 1 ticket for $5 or 3 tickets for $10
or
You can SWAP BOOKS FOR TICKETS
3 books gets you 1 ticket
5 books gets you 2 tickets
10 books gets you 5 tickets
Over 10 books get you 1 ticket for every 2 books
(see below for what books will not be accepted and which might get you extra tickets)
Note: We expect there may be a 5-10 minute line to exchange your books for tickets, so come early and avoid the line.
CHAOS SWAP LOUNGE : How it works
Want to keep it old school? Love a traditional barter? Then you might love the CHAOS SWAP LOUNGE. There will be some tables, chairs and couches set up in the lounge. Here you just trade with people directly. You can put your books out on the table and see who has books they want to trade with you for them. No one is going to help you make a trade -it’s all up to you. It might be more chaotic than the ticket system but it also might be more fun!
Some limits on what books can be swapped:
You can swap almost any kind of book that is in decent condition. It can be in rough shape but we won’t accept anything with mold, water damage or yucky to touch.
Also, the following books will not be accepted for tickets:
