# Name for textbook exchange site?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295>\
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**Created:** [June 14, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295 "2008-06-14T04:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/1 "2008-06-14T04:13:25Z")

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Howdy Kirupians,

About to start up a site for a used textbook exchange - just for the university I’m going to for now.

Was trying to think up some derogatory names for textbooks to use, but couldn’t really get anything.

TextChange is already taken - couple other possibilities included “PulpSwap” or “SpineDump”.

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/2 "2008-06-14T04:26:21Z")

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Why not your schools domain + _something_

[whisper]I don’t think “derogatory” is the word you were looking for but I’ve been told many times that my english skills are horrible so I’m probably wrong[/whisper]

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**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/3 "2008-06-14T04:28:31Z")

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[ExpertSexChangingBooks.com](http://ExpertSexChangingBooks.com)

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**Author:** ![RyanCurtis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@RyanCurtis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RyanCurtis)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/4 "2008-06-14T04:38:44Z")

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> [@hl;2342541](#):
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> [ExpertSexChangingBooks.com](http://ExpertSexChangingBooks.com)

Lollerz.

how about something like… [SCHOOLNAMEtextbooks.com](http://SCHOOLNAMEtextbooks.com)

If you want it to grow one day you can always start a new site based off of it with a new name…

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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/5 "2008-06-14T04:51:15Z")

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Yeah I was thinking of going ufv.sitename.ca, then I can branch off into something like ubc.sitename.ca eventually - but was thinking more of a brand - does pulpSwap make you think of books?

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**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/6 "2008-06-14T04:58:07Z")

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^Thats pretty decent and catchy, if you don’t get any other suggestions that might just work.

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**Author:** ![leisuresuitlissy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/leisuresuitlissy/32/2109_2.png) [@leisuresuitlissy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/leisuresuitlissy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/7 "2008-06-14T06:10:24Z")

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I like spinedump better.

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**Author:** ![Anogar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anogar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Anogar)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/8 "2008-06-14T06:31:55Z")

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Yeah, I think spinedump is better too.

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**Author:** ![Phenex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phenex/32/686_2.png) [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/9 "2008-06-14T07:26:33Z")

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[WeSwapTextBooks.com](http://WeSwapTextBooks.com) :sleep:

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**Author:** ![RyanCurtis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@RyanCurtis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RyanCurtis)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/10 "2008-06-14T14:58:53Z")

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I like SpineDump as well, or [WeSwapTextBooks.com](http://WeSwapTextBooks.com) …

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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/11 "2008-06-14T15:23:39Z")

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TextbookTrader  
PrimerWorld  
SchoolbookSwap  
BooksForTrade…BookTradeStore…BookTradeDepot  
Abecedarium  
EdealBooks  
ReferenceExchange

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**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/12 "2008-06-14T15:45:27Z")

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Textbooktrader is by far the most intuitive of the ones in this thread.

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**Author:** ![glosrfc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/glosrfc/32/8334_2.png) [@glosrfc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glosrfc)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/13 "2008-06-14T15:55:43Z")

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> [@sekasi;2342701](#):
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> Textbooktrader is by far the most intuitive of the ones in this thread.

That’s why it’s at the top of the list 😉

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**Author:** ![kdd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kdd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kdd)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/14 "2008-06-14T19:44:39Z")

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Do not, for the love of text books, name it pulp-swap! All you’ll get is bunch of those sites linking to you…

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**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/15 "2008-06-14T20:13:05Z")

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Rabell has a site like this. He’s going to kill you right in the face when he catches wind of the competition. 😉

[http://www.weswapbooks.com/uk/](http://www.weswapbooks.com/uk/)

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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-for-textbook-exchange-site/263295/16 "2008-06-14T20:30:52Z")

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😮

But he’s only “trying hard to be the _UK’s_ #1 book swapping web community”.

I’m just in a tiny town in British Columbia, Canada. 😃
