Recycling books - "release them into the wild"....
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Has anyone seen or heard of this site?
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
It encourages readers to recycle their books by leaving them to be found by others "for free" - on park benches, bus stops, coffee shops, airports, etc.
You register the books you've read, then release them "into the wild" for others to find and read, who in turn release them for others. When you register and release the book, you make a journal entry on the website. Each book you register is given an ID number that is placed on a sticker in the book. The sticker then refers the finder of the book back to the website to make another entry about the book -eg. where and when it was found, where and when it's being released again, etc. You can track where/when your books are found and where they've gone. Very interesting concept and kinda fun.
I've been doing it for a while now and had some hits and misses....my most recent experience was one I picked up on my airplane seat from Bangkok to Singapore....I left it at Starbuck (Capitol Tower)...
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yea, I was a member of that site
Last time I used to do dat, I left one by the bus stop actually...but funnily someone came after me and told me I left my book behind!
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Imagine the book land into recycling bins due to some kids who just attended a recycling program/keeping the environment clean program.
Now, now, the book is really recycled this time. -
well, you're supposed to put a note in the book explaining what you're doing so they'll hopefully read it and update Book Crossings on having found it and then pass it on....hopefully no one chucks the books into the bins!!
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i've just signed up and may soon release a few books into the wild
heck! i think i've been unofficially doing that for ages.. just lending books to people without asking for their return or just giving them books -
now wondering which book or books i should release...
should i do that with my Banana Yoshimoto books coz these books almost demand to be read...
maybe Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (in tribute to the recently departed Hunter S Thompson)... or my piles of pulp... maybe the Charles Bukowski books? or maybe the PJ O'Rourke irrelevant and irreverant books? dang.. decisions decision...
and also, where to release the books... coffee place? train? bus? restaurant?missed a chance to release one onboard a ship recently...
the only one i'm sure of is the book i'm releasing to care bear as soon as i meet her again (hey! i promised her that book)
as to the places of release, if anyone is interested, please suggest coz i'm not very imaginative..