BookCrossing
The main idea at bookcrossing is to read your books and release them. This means that you label your book with an identifying number and then leave the book "in the wild" for someone else to find and read. With a little luck, the person who finds the book will log on and journal that they found the book, where they found it and if they plan to re-release it.
Bookcrossing also has a large community via the forum and a yahoo group. (There are also many yahoo sub-groups not listed on the website). Many of the members will share and/or trade their books. Some set up bookrings: they mail the book to you, you read it and then mail it to the next person on the list...it ends back with the original owner, bookrays: same as a bookring except the last person on the list releases the book into the wild, RABCK's: stands for random acts of bookcrossing kindness - this means they send you the book without expecting a trade or anything in return.
When you list your books on bookcrossing it creates a page called your bookshelf. You can place your books into different catagories: All Books, To Be Read, Available, Permanent Collection, Reserved and Traveling. You are also able to journal the books you list as well as rate them with their rating system.
Paper Back Swap
The name is kind of self explanitory, you trade books with other people. They use a credit system to keep track. Beginners list at least nine books and receive 3 free credits. You can then request any book you like from other members (1 book=1 credit). Other people request books from you and you mail it to them. When they receive the book, they go to the website and click the "received" button and you get another credit.
Like BookCrossing, PaperBackSwap also offers catagories, rating system, journaling, forums and private messaging. Unlike BC, you don't have to label your books and they have an option of printing out your mailing wrapper with or without delivery confirmation already on it.
Book Relay
A spin-off from BookCrossing, this site was designed to put some fun into sharing books. Each topic is like a game. You can request the last book offered on the topic but you have to replace it with an appropriate book to the theme of the topic. Each topic will have it's own set of game 'rules'.
50 Book Challenge
This site is a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 50 books in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many books they've read so far.
15000 Pages
This site is also a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 15,000 pages in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many pages they've read so far.
Smaller book trading sites:
The Cheshire Kat Trading Post
SF-Books (Science Fiction)
Do you know of some great book sites? Feel free to post them in a reply and I'll put them into a post next time!
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Friday, November 17, 2006
Free Book Communities
BookCrossing
The main idea at bookcrossing is to read your books and release them. This means that you label your book with an identifying number and then leave the book "in the wild" for someone else to find and read. With a little luck, the person who finds the book will log on and journal that they found the book, where they found it and if they plan to re-release it.
Bookcrossing also has a large community via the forum and a yahoo group. (There are also many yahoo sub-groups not listed on the website). Many of the members will share and/or trade their books. Some set up bookrings: they mail the book to you, you read it and then mail it to the next person on the list...it ends back with the original owner, bookrays: same as a bookring except the last person on the list releases the book into the wild, RABCK's: stands for random acts of bookcrossing kindness - this means they send you the book without expecting a trade or anything in return.
When you list your books on bookcrossing it creates a page called your bookshelf. You can place your books into different catagories: All Books, To Be Read, Available, Permanent Collection, Reserved and Traveling. You are also able to journal the books you list as well as rate them with their rating system.
Paper Back Swap
The name is kind of self explanitory, you trade books with other people. They use a credit system to keep track. Beginners list at least nine books and receive 3 free credits. You can then request any book you like from other members (1 book=1 credit). Other people request books from you and you mail it to them. When they receive the book, they go to the website and click the "received" button and you get another credit.
Like BookCrossing, PaperBackSwap also offers catagories, rating system, journaling, forums and private messaging. Unlike BC, you don't have to label your books and they have an option of printing out your mailing wrapper with or without delivery confirmation already on it.
Book Relay
A spin-off from BookCrossing, this site was designed to put some fun into sharing books. Each topic is like a game. You can request the last book offered on the topic but you have to replace it with an appropriate book to the theme of the topic. Each topic will have it's own set of game 'rules'.
50 Book Challenge
This site is a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 50 books in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many books they've read so far.
15000 Pages
This site is also a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 15,000 pages in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many pages they've read so far.
Smaller book trading sites:
The Cheshire Kat Trading Post
SF-Books (Science Fiction)
Do you know of some great book sites? Feel free to post them in a reply and I'll put them into a post next time!
The main idea at bookcrossing is to read your books and release them. This means that you label your book with an identifying number and then leave the book "in the wild" for someone else to find and read. With a little luck, the person who finds the book will log on and journal that they found the book, where they found it and if they plan to re-release it.
Bookcrossing also has a large community via the forum and a yahoo group. (There are also many yahoo sub-groups not listed on the website). Many of the members will share and/or trade their books. Some set up bookrings: they mail the book to you, you read it and then mail it to the next person on the list...it ends back with the original owner, bookrays: same as a bookring except the last person on the list releases the book into the wild, RABCK's: stands for random acts of bookcrossing kindness - this means they send you the book without expecting a trade or anything in return.
When you list your books on bookcrossing it creates a page called your bookshelf. You can place your books into different catagories: All Books, To Be Read, Available, Permanent Collection, Reserved and Traveling. You are also able to journal the books you list as well as rate them with their rating system.
Paper Back Swap
The name is kind of self explanitory, you trade books with other people. They use a credit system to keep track. Beginners list at least nine books and receive 3 free credits. You can then request any book you like from other members (1 book=1 credit). Other people request books from you and you mail it to them. When they receive the book, they go to the website and click the "received" button and you get another credit.
Like BookCrossing, PaperBackSwap also offers catagories, rating system, journaling, forums and private messaging. Unlike BC, you don't have to label your books and they have an option of printing out your mailing wrapper with or without delivery confirmation already on it.
Book Relay
A spin-off from BookCrossing, this site was designed to put some fun into sharing books. Each topic is like a game. You can request the last book offered on the topic but you have to replace it with an appropriate book to the theme of the topic. Each topic will have it's own set of game 'rules'.
50 Book Challenge
This site is a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 50 books in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many books they've read so far.
15000 Pages
This site is also a LiveJournal community that book readers can join to challenge themselves to read at least 15,000 pages in one year. Your year begins at the time you join (nobody keeps track of your reading, it's just for your own goals) and most members will post monthly which books they read and how many pages they've read so far.
Smaller book trading sites:
The Cheshire Kat Trading Post
SF-Books (Science Fiction)
Do you know of some great book sites? Feel free to post them in a reply and I'll put them into a post next time!
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