What's the name of that book drop thing?

BookCat · 04-13-2012, 03:35 PM

I vaguely remember a system where you could register a paper book online, then leave it on a bus, bench or somewhere, the idea being that the book would be read and passed around.

A sticker inside the book directs the finder to the website where they can say where they found and subsequently left it.

I can't remember the name of this scheme. It sounds like a great alternative way of clearing out old paperbacks; charity shops seem to charge far too much for something which has been freely donated.

AndrewH · 04-13-2012, 03:40 PM

BookCrossing.

ucfgrad93 · 04-13-2012, 04:16 PM

Sounds like Where's George for books.

BookCat · 04-13-2012, 05:34 PM

BookCrossing! That's it. Thanks.

Giggleton · 04-14-2012, 02:14 PM

Way back when I decided I no longer needed shelves of paperbacks, I started leaving them en masse at the bus stop. Later I found lots of them at my local thrift store lol! The world is a crazy place!!!

BookCat · 04-15-2012, 12:36 PM

Perhaps leaving them "en masse" was a bad idea.

I've read comments on the BookCrossing site which suggest that books released into the wild, as opposed to controlled release - giving them to someone - are less likely to be "found" and subsequent journal entries made on BC's site.

Although it's free to register the book, the stickers cost money; not a lot, but enough to make charity shops a better idea for the releaser.

04-13-2012, 03:35 PM	#1
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	What's the name of that book drop thing? I vaguely remember a system where you could register a paper book online, then leave it on a bus, bench or somewhere, the idea being that the book would be read and passed around. A sticker inside the book directs the finder to the website where they can say where they found and subsequently left it. I can't remember the name of this scheme. It sounds like a great alternative way of clearing out old paperbacks; charity shops seem to charge far too much for something which has been freely donated.

04-13-2012, 04:16 PM	#3
ucfgrad93 Wizard Posts: 2,370 Karma: 9026681 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen	Sounds like Where's George for books. Last edited by ucfgrad93; 04-13-2012 at 04:18 PM.

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04-13-2012, 03:40 PM	#2
AndrewH Fanatic Posts: 553 Karma: 1234566 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Device: Sony PRS-T1, & Kobo Mini	BookCrossing.

04-13-2012, 05:34 PM	#4
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	BookCrossing! That's it. Thanks.

04-14-2012, 02:14 PM	#5
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Way back when I decided I no longer needed shelves of paperbacks, I started leaving them en masse at the bus stop. Later I found lots of them at my local thrift store lol! The world is a crazy place!!!

04-15-2012, 12:36 PM	#6
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Perhaps leaving them "en masse" was a bad idea. I've read comments on the BookCrossing site which suggest that books released into the wild, as opposed to controlled release - giving them to someone - are less likely to be "found" and subsequent journal entries made on BC's site. Although it's free to register the book, the stickers cost money; not a lot, but enough to make charity shops a better idea for the releaser.