BookCrossing

BookCrossing.com A friend of mine showed me this site and asked me if I thought it could hurt libraries. First thing that came to mind for me was "How neat is that?..well, as long as they don't use library books..." Let's see what you think of it...

"help us make literary history by turning the whole world into a library!"

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What is BookCrossing?

bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

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"We teach BookCrossers, our members, the '3 Rs' of BookCrossing: to Read, Register, and Release their books for others to enjoy," says Ron Hornbaker, President and CTO of BookCrossing.com's parent company, Humankind Systems. "Sharing books with your friends and neighbors is a natural instinct... what we've done is created a tracking database so that you can see where your books are, and read the journal entries along the way."