PaperBackSwap was co-founded in 2004 by Richard Pickering and Robert Swarthout.<ref name=press>{{cite web |title=Press releases |url=https://www.paperbackswap.com/press_media/releases.php |website=PaperBackSwap |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref> Sister websites SwapaCD and SwapaDVD were founded in 2008.<ref name="mp">{{cite web |title=Media & Press |url=https://www.swapacd.com/press_media/index.php#pressrelease |website=SwapaCD |accessdate=12 September 2019}}</ref>
