Wow, that sounds very cool!!!! Thanks for explaining!
On 5/21/05, Susan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't worry about being baffled, that's part of the function of this list and > also there is a forum section devoted to Newbies who are baffled. There are > lots of bookcrossers who maintain websites separate from the BC main site and > one of them (help me here gang) has a site with a lot of info on the > "extra-curriculum" things that you can get into. A book ray/ring is started > by someone, anyone, you for instance, that has a book they think other people > would be interested in reading. You post on forum, and here that you are > willing to organize it and people will PM (private message) you their > locations, and whether they have the funds to mail internationally. You make > the rules, like whether you will only accept people from a certain country or > continent and anything else you feel like specifying. When you are ready you > make a journal entry listing the order of the ring/ray usually based on > location and mailing ability and mail the book off (in the US use Media Mail, > it's $1.42 for a normal size paperback) to the first person on the list. > They read the book, hopefully in 30 to 60 days and then check your journal > entry for the screen name of the next person. They PM them for their address > and off it goes again. Repeat until finished. The only difference between a > ring and ray is that a ring goes back around to the original person that > started it and a ray ends with the last person doing whatever they wish with > the book, usually wild release. > > Hope that helps. There is a lot going on with bookcrossing and we are more > than happy to explain it all so feel free to ask us anything. > > Susan -- The requisite blog is at: http://dragonchasers.com And my Bookcrossing Bookshelf is at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/dragonchaser ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
