itsallgrand Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Today, after doing some shopping I decided to walk home. It turned out to be a rather long walk down some less familiar neighborhoods. At one point, I had stopped for a coffee and on a whim, bought a paper out of one of those machines. Inside was a book in a plastic bag with a sticker that said "I'm not lost! Free book. See inside for details." So I took it home with me, and it's a book that I wouldn't have picked up myself in a million years. And it quite interesting. Enjoyable and different. This is how I found out about this site called link removed. They ask you to visit it if you use the book, and the site tracks where books travel to. You release books out for someone to find, or you might find one like I did today. Just thought I'd share, as I didn't know about this before, and it's pretty cool to find out there is such an organized effort for something like this! What some of us have been doing for ages, is now organized with the good old internet. It's gotten me curious. I love books. I know a lot of other people do too. With the internet, there is so much organizational power available that wasn't before. There's online book clubs, even lectures and video conference. There's online swaps. Does any here at enotalone take part in any of this stuff? Maybe, something even more interesting? tc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurian Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I;ve heard of similar things, but never encountered it before in my area. Although, my office does something similar where we leave books in the lunch room for people to pick up and "adopt" if they are so inclined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallgrand Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 It was a neat little surprise, because I wasn't expecting it. Like a present. I like the idea of leaving books around at work. I don't work in an office, but we do circulate our books through house to house. The idea of a worldwide library has some appeal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Wow how cool. I have never heard of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaDonna Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I never heard of "book crossing"- but it sounds really cool! A good friend of mine started her own book club, and it seems to be going great. I never joined because I don't have the time right now to commit to meetings, etc but I always throught it was a nice concept. If anything, an online book club sounds more appealing to me. If only I had more time.....:splat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I've always wanted to join a book club just to make some friends. I've been living here for almost a year and I don't have friends yet! hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmageddon Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I did hear about them. You can also go on the site and find out where books have been "released" I think its a cool idea. Some of the starbucks also have a book exchange shelf, where people come in and just drop them off. I like to share my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binoo Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 That's so amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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