BookCrossing
By fabwisp
@fabwisp (1327)
February 25, 2007 2:03am CST
bookcrossing
the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise
The "3 Rs" of BookCrossing...
1 Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
2.Register it on the website (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
3.Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, "forget" it in a coffee shop, etc.), and get notified by email each time someone comes here and records a journal entry for that book. And if you make Release
Notes on the book, others can Go Hunting for it and try to find it!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
Have any of you guys actually done this? I was browsing through the web and stumbled upon this site.
It sounds a really good idea. I just wondered if it really works?
4 responses
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
5 Mar 07
I've never heard of this but plan to look into it. I have been to places that have book swaps. Where you are able to put books up on a shelf and others can take if they want. It can be nice. Usually it's been at a work place but it's still nice for people to be able to share books that way.
@snowflake5 (1579)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I've done this. I've left a book in a Marks and Spencers cafe and someone found it and made a note on the website. This was about three months ago. Unfortunately they haven't made any further notes, so I guess they are still reading it!
I put the Bookcrossing label label on the outside cover of the book. If you put it inside, people can't see at a glance that it's meant to be left there. They assume it's someone's lost property and won't touch it, they even open the book to see any notes inside.
