"At this point, I’d best explain about Bookcrossing. It’s one of those American Internet ideas, like blogging or flash mobs that has sprung out of nowhere and gathered a community numbering in the tens of thousands. Bookcrossers set books free ‘into the wild’ and the site’s logo is a yellow diamond modeled on wildlife crossing signs showing a book running as fast as its little legs will carry it, arms pumping away.
"Each of these books is marked with a Bookcrossing ID number – a ‘BCID’ – and by entering that number on the bookcrossing.com website, a finder can see where the book has been, what previous owners have thought of it, what adventures it has had, where it has been previously released and so on. Bookcrossers are identified by ‘screen-names’ such as MrBooks or BlossomPossum which allow real names to remain hidden. In fact, an entry can be made without registering, in which case the journal entries for that book are shown as having been made by AnonymousFinder.
"There are over a million books registered on Bookcrossing, a quarter of a million Bookcrossers, and there is a lively community extending around the world, some of whom have registered and released thousands of books. It’s an exciting, addictive, expanding game, and I enjoy being a part of it."
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Re: BookCrossing
Date: 2004-05-03 01:23 am (UTC)"Each of these books is marked with a Bookcrossing ID number – a ‘BCID’ – and by entering that number on the bookcrossing.com website, a finder can see where the book has been, what previous owners have thought of it, what adventures it has had, where it has been previously released and so on. Bookcrossers are identified by ‘screen-names’ such as MrBooks or BlossomPossum which allow real names to remain hidden. In fact, an entry can be made without registering, in which case the journal entries for that book are shown as having been made by AnonymousFinder.
"There are over a million books registered on Bookcrossing, a quarter of a million Bookcrossers, and there is a lively community extending around the world, some of whom have registered and released thousands of books. It’s an exciting, addictive, expanding game, and I enjoy being a part of it."