BookCrossing - anyone been involved?

[Maz]

I found a book at the weekend, registered with BookCrossing.

For the uninitiated, BookCrossing is "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise".
Until I found the book, I'd not heard of BookCrossing. Interesting idea. I'm reading the book now and will then release it.

Anyone found and/or released a book 'into the wild'?

 

[ianrauk]

Isn't it littering

 

[Chromatic]

Just up the road from us there is a redundant phonebox which is being used as a free village library. Books are left in there for people to take and read and then replace. We've dumped a load of old books helped stock it with unwanted books.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've spotted a book but never left one.

 

[green1]

Only place I leave a book is on my book shelf, need a new one in a few months, no idea where it's going.

 

[Fnaar]

Danny Bent has something going on with his books whereby people leave them 'somewhere in the world' for others to find/read/report to the website

 

[Dayvo]

I occasionally leave a book on the bus or a park bench.

 

[Maz]

Isn't it littering

No, it's lettering.

 

[Pottsy]

I have read about this and as a result a couple of times I've left a book on a train.

I admit it did feel a bit like littering and I worry the book will just be binned with the free papers somewhere down the line.

Are you supposed to label them or something before you leave them?

 

[Maz]

I have read about this and as a result a couple of times I've left a book on a train.

I admit it did feel a bit like littering and I worry the book will just be binned with the free papers somewhere down the line.

Are you supposed to label them or something before you leave them?

There's a unique ID number on the book, so you can register and track the book's whereabouts.
It all relies on goodwill, of course. I might release this book overseas and see if someone picks it up!

 

[jayonabike]

I picked up a copy of a 1970's jazz mag I found on a park bench. Does that count?

 

[Hotblack Desiato]

Don't try this with a kindle.

 

[AndyRM]

I've left loads and picked up a couple. Was a lot more popular where I lived in Heaton than it is in Wallsend.

 

[Maz]

I picked up a copy of a 1970's jazz mag I found on a park bench. Does that count?

And where did you 'deposit' it?

 

[biggs682]

I occasionally leave a book on the bus or a park bench.

thats just old age kicking in