Book Crossing

topic posted Sun, September 9, 2007 - 4:36 PM by  Nathan
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Ok, has anyone ever heard of this? Here is how they describe it.

“At BookCrossing, you can register any book you have on the site, and then set the book free to travel the world and find new readers.

Leave it on a park bench, at a coffee shop, at a hotel on vacation. Share it with a friend or tuck it onto a bookshelf at the gym -- anywhere it might find a new reader! What happens next is up to fate, and we never know where our books might travel next. Track the book's journey around the world as it is passed on from person to person.”

It seems waaaay cool to me and I’m betting some of you will agree. It’s the same concept as the Where’s George deal on one dollar bills.

Anyway, I am going to sign up and start with the two books I got off amazon (after I get home and read them of course). What some groups are doing is sending books to each other just to log contacts (or passing them around a room full of people). I don’t think that would be that way to go personally but this sounds like a cool way for people to get to read DeLint’s books and have some fun.

So, who’ll join me?

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Nathan
Portland
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  • Re: Book Crossing

    Sun, September 9, 2007 - 4:37 PM
    Oh, and a quick tribe search shows there are several tribes on it too.
    • Re: Book Crossing

      Mon, September 10, 2007 - 11:05 AM
      This sounds sweet thanks for finding this, looks like a kick!
      • Re: Book Crossing

        Mon, September 10, 2007 - 2:26 PM
        Ooooh what a cool idea. I am going to set some of my 1700+ books free! I really am! I am going to write in the flyleaf of the book that I've set it free to begin its journey into the mind of others. If I can decide which one I want to part with, lol! So far none of my books have told me they want to go a-journeying, though... I think most of them are too frightened to go out on their own, and leave the loving home they have here. I am sure one of them will tell me soon that they are ready for an adventure, won't they?

        Huggles
        ~Baubo~
        • Re: Book Crossing

          Thu, September 13, 2007 - 10:59 PM
          Baubo~ Seriously.......you may have to go get a duplicate of one you already own to "send packin", kick to the kurb.......etc. Cuz you sending one of your beloved books off will be like bootin' a pet out. you want me to give you one? jus' jokin' sister! Sorta......

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