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Book Swapping: Bookcrossing, Bookmooch, Paperbackswap, Readitswapit


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Chapters: Bookcrossing, Bookmooch, Paperbackswap, Readitswapit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: BookCrossing (also: BC, BCing or BXing) is defined as "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise." The term is derived from bookcrossing.com, a free online book club which began in order to encourage the practice, aiming to "make the whole world a library." The 'crossing' or exchanging of books may take any of a number of forms, including wild releasing books in public, direct swaps with other members of the websites, or "book rings" in which books travel in a set order to participants who want to read a certain book. The community aspect of BookCrossing.com has grown and expanded in ways that were not expected at the outset, in the form of blog or forum discussions, mailing lists and annual conventions throughout the world. Ron Hornbaker conceived the idea for what is now known as BookCrossing in March 2001. About four weeks later, on April 17, he launched the website, which has expanded and grown throughout the world. By April 2003 the website had over 113,000 members, and in 2004 the Concise Oxford Dictionary included the word "bookcrossing." In the same year, BookCrossing was featured as a part of a storyline in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In the same year, BookCrossing had good start in Croatia too, thanks to Velimir Schubert. As of 30 September 2009, Bookcrossing.com had over 814,000 members, with over 5,800,000 registered books. In July 2007 Singapore became the first official BookCrossing country in the world. In an initiative launched together with the National Library of Singapore, 2,000 locations within the country were designated as 'hotspots', similar to Official B...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=31589


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158345519
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158345518
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Bookcrossing, Bookmooch, Paperbackswap, Readitswapit
  • Width: 229 mm


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