bookcrossing.com

Advantages: Pass books you don't want anymore onto strangers who will appreciate them
Disadvantages: It may be a while if at all before the strangers tell you how and where they found your books and what they thought of them!

Love books? Have too many books but can’t bear to throw them away? Then you’ll LOVE this site. I’ve actually been a member for some years now but only recently started to actively use it. It’s a very unusual concept but one that I’ll attempt to explain in this review. Once you get your head around what it’s about, I’m prepared to bet many of you will head over there just to check it out, and a high percentage of you may even become members. It’s ...
...at all if you don’t want to. What’s It All About…….Alfie? The website is called BookCrossing and can be found at www.bookcrossing.com. It was set up in April 2001 and it is basically a way of giving and receiving books completely free of charge! Many of you may already be familiar with the American site wheresgeorge.com, where a rubber stamp is used to place a message on a banknote asking users of that banknote to enter the serial number of on ... Read review

Advantages: Share your books.
Disadvantages: Sometimes the site can be a little slow

Bookcrossing.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In September 2005 I read a review on Ciao about bookcrossing. I was instantly hooked. I joined immediately and I am an active member to date. Bookcrossing was created in April 2001 and it has already entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (in August 2004) where it is defined as 'the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, ...
...to bookcrossing than just random book releasing. The sites 500,000 members from across the globe are willing to trade and share books and discuss all aspects of books. To date, 42,842 of these members registered in the UK. Almost 4,000 of these are in Greater London alone and there are 356 members in my home City of Newcastle Upon Tyne. These members have thus far managed to register almost 4 million books on the site. That is a staggering amount ... Read review

Advantages: Free to join and use, superb way of recycling your old books
Disadvantages: Some books might get binned, you can't always guarantee your books will be found and registered by their new owners

I have found a gem…a real feel good site that I am sure will be of use to many other members here…and I’m dead excited….I just want to tell everyone about it! I actually came across it thanks to a freebie site and curiosity got the better of me so I joined…now I am addicted! WHATS IT ABOUT THEN? The website is called BookCrossing, its been around since April 2001 and its basically a way of giving and receiving books to and from total strangers ...
...it! Confused? I was when I first joined but it has all started to become clearer. If you have enjoyed a book, or even if you haven’t, and would like to share it with others, you set your book free….to literally run wild! You decide what book you want to release, fill out it’s details and then give it a unique number on the Bookcrossing website (BCID – Book Crossing Identification Number). You then take your book and leave it somewhere of your choice ... Read review

Advantages: Allows you to share your books with others around the world and allows you to gain books from others. Increases your book reading range, in a sense you can try before you buy!
Disadvantages: Addictive!

Bookcrossing sounds like a simple enough website hey? A simple enough procedure even when you learn what it’s about. But it’s more than that. It’s an addiction waiting to happen…! ~WHAT IS BOOKCROSSING?~ The process itself is simple enough. First you need to go to the website and register. This couldn’t be simpler. Chose a screen name, input a few of your details and you’re done. Nothing other than your screen name, age and location will be displayed, ...
...and you’re ready to go. Register one book; register a ton of books, either way it matters not. With each registration your book(s) will be each given their own unique identification number (their BCID number). Make a note of this inside the front cover of the book, and then prepare to ‘let it go’. When you register each book you can ‘journal’ it. Here’s your chance to let everyone know what the book is about. You can be as brief as you like or as ... Read review

Advantages: Great way to find new authors, good way to clear out books you'll never read again
Disadvantages: Website can be a bit slow, no guarantee that your books will be picked up

Intro ------ I have always loved reading and when I stumbled across Bookcrossing (www.bookcrossing.com), I was delighted to find a great way to meet like-minded people. Over the years, I found that my bookshelves were filling up quite rapidly - some with books that I hated and some with books that I loved and wanted to share and discuss with people. Bookcrossing is a movement that encourages you to do just that - by registering your book with the ...
...people to discover. The general idea is that people pick up a book you leave somewhere, read it and then release it somewhere else. So how does it work then? ------------------------------------ To sign up, it's a simple form to fill in. You are asked what area you live in and what your email address is. The people that run Bookcrossing have always stressed that it is a completely free site and that they will nver sell any of your personal information. ... Read review