Hatrack River Forum: Bookcrossing.com--ever heard of it?

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Anybody ever try this?

A friend sent me the web-site.

It sounds so Hatrackian, I figure someone must have tried this already.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

I have! It's fun. Haven't checked in for awhile, though...

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Neato!

Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :

I believe someone posted that link last year. I loved it, wanted to try it and forgot.

Thanks for posting it!

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I had a friend who found one of these, and I thought about starting one but never got around to doing it. Perhaps I will, now.

[Smile]

Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :

Oh. I was trying to find that site for my first post in the "Are we cool enough for a swap thread?" thread, but I couldn't remember the exact name.

I really like all of the swap/freeing/geocaching type stuff. It's just a nice way to do things =)

Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :

I joined bookcrossings about a month and a half ago, they sent me a copy of Wild Animus which I'm reading now, and then will release into the wild at the end of the month, when I hit up an actual city. I also plan on releasing Asimov's Foundation and picking up books next time I go to a used bookstore. Usually there's a bookcrossing's tag that you paste on inside cover of a book, which I'll be doing, but I'm also planning on writing a poem to put with it.
Satyagraha

Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :

Hey! I checked for books released im my area and there's one lying on a bench outside of the trainstation which is about thirty seconds away from here!

But it was released a week ago so I doubt that it's still there.

*goes to check*

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I set a book free last year. Put up a notice before, tagged it, and everything. No one ever reported it. [Frown]

One of these years I'll make it to one of the local meetings. But they seem to have very low attendance, and it's not easy for me to get out on a weeknight. [Dont Know]

Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :

Didn't find it.

Oh well.

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

I tried going to a Meetup.com Bookcrossing shindig. Only one other person showed up, and she didn't bring any books with her, because she didn't really know what Bookcrossing was. So I've only released one book so far (gave Vána my paperback copy of Goblet of Fire), but maybe I will start releasing more.

And actually, now that I am working downtown I probably have a better chance of finding books, so I should go book hunting!

Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

I found a copy of "The Glass Lake" by Maeve Binchy, I think. I read it, enjoyed it, and put it back where I found it on the counter at the post office. But I never reported it, because I didn't have internet access at the time. Cool concept, but I "lose" enough paperback just loaning them out without doing this. [Big Grin]