Join The Revolution

This article was just on the front page of digg about how textbook prices are up 186% since 1986.

socialbib is the revolution they are talking about. It's the way to get the textbooks you need for free. Here's how it works:

1. Join (100% free)
2. List the books you need
3. List the used books you can give away
4. Let the freeshare begin (the site automatically matches you up)

Join the revolution.

Campus Bookstores Are Trying To Shut Us Down

We offer the best alternative to buying high-priced books from the bookstores and they are in fear of going out of business.

The idea behind socialbib.com is to give away your used textbooks to other students (for free), and to list the books you need and to get those from other students (for free). The concept, even in its infancy, is working and the bookstores are scared. We've saved students over $12k on books already.

The more students who participate the better the service gets, and if we get even 25% of all college students to actively participate you will be able to find almost any book you need right away for free. That means no more buying textbooks and spending $700 a semester.

Let all of your friends know about this site and get the word out. Let's show the campus bookstores that they can't screw us over anymore and that they can't shut us down!

Back From Our Hiatus

We've been hard at work adding new features and getting the word out on socialbib. We've now saved students over $12,000 on textbooks and we're still growing. We were also featured on the cover of a local publication, CinWeekly.

Server Upgrade, Local News Update

We moved our site to a new server last night. We are still getting users, over 1,500 now, and have saved users over $4,500! Moving to the new server will allow us the infrastructure for future expansion and to keep the site running fast and smooth for all of our users.

There is also an update to us being on WKRC news. We are moving our taping time to Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 11:30 am. We are still shooting at the Panera Bread at UC. It will be nice because it will be on the first day of classes for students and we'll have a nice backdrop of students for the shooting.

More Press, More Users

We are continuing to grow and have reached 1,250 users. More matches have been made and students have saved over $2,100 on their books. This is due in large part to students who see the value in our service and have gone out and written about us or told others who have written something. Here are some links to the press we have been getting:

Killer Startups
Blog
Blog
Blog

Breaking 1,000

We broke 1,000 users today and were featured in an opinion article on mashable.com. We have saved users over $1,800 on their books and our continued growth will help us save them even more.

In The News

We were contacted by Paula Toti of our local Channel 12 news here in Cincinnati today. We are going to be featured on the "Money Alert" segment on Monday, September 17! If you are in Cincinnati and would like to come by and say hi we will be at the Panera Bread on Calhoun St. on the University of Cincinnati campus.

We are still continuing our growth and have almost reached 800 registered users. Matches are being made and the total money saved so far exceeds $1,600. Not bad for only having launched last week!