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BookCrossing
Bookcrossing: n. The practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise. (added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August 2004)
1. Do not send PMs to other BookCrossers requesting books until you check their profiles to see whether they answer unsolicited requests. Many bookcrossers are not interested in trading books by mail, so please respect their wishes and don't ask them for books.
2. If you see that a bookcrosser is interested in exchanging books by mail, do not send PMs demanding books -- always offer to trade or pay postage costs.
3. If you participate in booktrades/bookrings, make a journal entry when you receive a book, when you read a book and when you send it to the next person. Do not make release notes -- these should be used only when you release books into the wild, not when you send a book to a known person.
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I was pleasantly surprised to find a shelf dedicated to BookCrossing at one of my favorite coffee shops (Satellite). Who says reading is dead? That shelf--heaped as it was with its assortment (all shapes, sizes & genres)--gives me hope for the future of books. After all, as long as BookCrossing survives, we'll be ensuring that reading will continue...
BookCrossing launched in 2001, with the idea that the world is (or should be) a giant...
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Just before Christmas I went for a walk along the Yarra River with my friend Val. We took photos and did some sketching, and I posted the story here. But I forgot to mention something very interesting that happened while we were strolling along. We found a bench in the shade and went over to sit down, and found a book lying on the seat. Both of us being booklovers, we had the same reaction of “Oh no!! Someone’s left their book behind...
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Synchronicity of Ipod shuffle & current read. Sometimes I think my ipod is a little smarter than it needs to be. It seems to synch with what I'm reading. Today, for example, Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing is playing as I am reading ...
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All links are to BookCrossing journals.Books Read in 2009:1. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean2. Give Me a Break by John Stossel3. Banana Rose by Natalie Goldberg4. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler5. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd6. Tickled Pink by Rita Rudner7. Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh8. Naked by David Sedaris9. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells10. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins11. The Lost Years of...
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