how it works

Buy. Sell. Donate.

Sell or Donate your book by adding it on Hotchpot.

Buyer can search a book on the App

Buyer & Seller meets offline to complete the transaction

Borrow. Lend.

Add a book

Add a book on hotchpot. Earn points on every book added

Share

Lender gives the book to the borrower and earn more points

Return

Once done with reading, Borrower returns the book to the lender

Request

Borrower searches and requests for a book. Points are used for this borrow request

Enjoy Reading

Borrower enjoys reading the book

Buy. Sell. Donate.

Sell or Donate your book by adding it on Hotchpot.

Buyer can search a book on the App

Buyer & Seller meets offline to complete the transaction

Borrow. Lend.

Add a book

Add a book on hotchpot. Earn points on every book added

Request

Borrower searches and requests for a book. Points are used for this borrow request

Share

Lender gives the book to the borrower and earn more points

Enjoy Reading

Borrower enjoys reading the book

Return

Once done with reading, Borrower returns the book to the lender

Note: Hotchpot is a free to use app. Monetary transactions are completed offline between the users

benefits

  • Earn credits every time you lend

    Use these credit points to borrow more books.

  • Bond over Books

    Sneak into your neighbor's library, ping & meet-up to borrow your favorite ones.

  • Less strain to eyes, more joy to hands

    Why grumble staring & zooming the screen when you can easily share real physical books.

  • No real money spent on transactions

    We don't charge money for any of your transaction. You just spend or earn points.

    Download hotchpot

 
 
 

The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.

- Isabel Allende

 

FAQs

This is a platform that enables reuse and/or sharing of physical Books among the users. Users can Buy/Sell/Donate used physical books or Borrow/Lends books. Through the Borrow/Lend feature, Hotchpot app helps create a vast public library where users can get unlimited access to books around us at no cost. Hotchpot is a free to use app.
Books are useful resources for knowledge and education. Hotchpot app provides a solution for availability and affordability of books for all. This app enables sharing and reselling of books which benefits the entire community.

Buy/Sell/Donate:
Users can add books on the app to be sold by filling basic details. Buyers can see or search books as per the need. Users must coordinate offline for the books to change hands.

Borrow/Lend:
Users earn points by adding books on the app as a lender, this effectively creates a public library. These points are used to borrow books from the available database. Get unlimited books for free

Points are a pseudo currency which is to be used only on this platform. They do not carry any monetary value and are not redeemable for any cash.
Hotchpot app does not charge any money to borrow any book. Users need points to borrow any book. Points can be earned by adding books to the app as a lender.
Once the transaction is initiated, contact details are shared to the users to co-ordinate and meet offline to share the book.
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Users are expected to coordinate offline for the same. Hotchpot app does not collect any deposit and is not responsible for the refund of the same.
Hotchpot recommends returning the book to the lender within 3-4 weeks. However, users can agree mutually as per convenience
There is no limit to the number of books you can borrow at any point of time.

about us

We are a bunch of ardent book lovers always looking out to seek knowledge and find a new world of storytelling to step into and since you are here, welcome to the club!

It is often a challenge to find books of our choice that are also pocket friendly. Through hotchpot we aim at creating a vast library that connects all the readers and you can get access to books of any genre and any language in your vicinity.

So come, let's lend, borrow, share, and grow together.