Surely there are people out there that read my blogs, I know of a few ones scattering this mad crazy globe or earth of ours! :D
OK THIS TIME!... I am talking about BOOK CROSSING! What is it you ask? Well... according to the official site that's found at: www.bookcrossing.com and according to their 'FAQ' section... http://www.bookcrossers.eu/pages/was-ist-bookcrossing.php/ here is just a tiny bit of what they say it is:
what is "bookcrossing"?
BookCrossing is the act of releasing books into the wild and then following their
journeys and the lives they touch. BookCrossing.com is the website that makes it all possible.
when did it start?
The BookCrossing idea was conceived in March of 2001, and the website was launched about four
weeks later, on April 17, 2001. Growth the first eleven months was slow, with only about 100
new members each month. That all changed in March of 2002 with a one-page story in Book magazine,
which started an avalanche of media attention that continues today. The result of the great press
and the great idea is that now around 300 new BookCrossers sign up at the website each day.
who is doing it?
The 1,473,000 BookCrossers who have registered 9,411,000 books (as of November 2012) come from all
age and demographic categories. Membership at the website is free, so all that is required is
access to the internet and a love for BookCrossing.
where are they doing it?
BookCrossing is a global phenomenon, with members from over 130
countries from Antarctica to Zimbabwe.
Of course, the United States leads with the biggest part of the members. But the community
in Europe grows day by day. Books know no geographical boundaries, and are often released
at overseas travel destinations.
For the rest of the info and mostly due to Copyright I cannot put it all down and for obvious reasons go and check out the link above!
Here's my 'Book Crossing' Book Drop offs! Yes, I did just the other day place books around one of my local town up here in the North of England on benches and steps for people to pick up a bit like www.kindspring.com's multiple stories of people doing someting like that! 6 Books that I put out in Random places!!
Ok so here's one book I left on a bench lol...
another down a snicket...
know where I put them? :D some have now gone but a few still there! See if you can go hunting!
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