Well, if he has already agreed, that's the tough step out of the way. Of course you can adjust this to your own desirable level of involvement, but when I talked to Sally at Stone Soup I told her I would do everything that needed to be done to get the OBCZ up and going and that I would look after it. I brought my own small bookcase, made my own signs, put a few signs in page protectors for her to hang in the window and took care of setting up the books on the shelf, with literature and bookmarks. I also assured her that I would prominently mention Stone Soup on any of my literature. I have a separate BC bookshelf that has a link to Stone Soup's web page and a write up about them. I asked anyone that was stopping in because of bookcrossing to let them know where they heard about the store so that they would see they were getting something out of it. I gave Sally all my contact info, (phone, work phone, cell phone, e-mail) in case there was ever anything she wanted to talk to me about. Any book I release at Stone Soup has Stone Soups phone number and address in it. You will need to get a list of hours that the bookshelf will be available and get in touch with Netstation to list it on his OBCZ site. I gave Sally a brochure about bookcrossing and explained the basics making sure she knew that I would take care of anything to do with shelf. Most business owners are busy enough without having to concern themselves with what is essentially our hobby. In the beginning I stopped in almost every day, just to let Sally and Amy and the rest of the staff get to know who I was (plus I usually bought something). Customers of the store were asking if they could bring donate their extra books so usually there would be a box of book for me. I always took anything that anyone wanted to give me and registered them. I didn't really expect all the donations I got so it was a good thing I stopped in so often. BTW you may also want to check out the forum for OBCZ managers to get others take on how to get the word out, which is a different subject all together. Susan Make the whole world a library. Find out more at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/LyekkaMarengo OR See what my books are up to at: http://bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/LyekkaMarengo Also visit my Official State College Book Crossing Zone located at the Stone Soup Market http://bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/SCOBCZ
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of trudirudipixie Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BookCrossing] Official BookCrossing Zone Dear all Hello! I'm a London UK bookcrosser and am very excited because I have persuaded our local very cool cinema to become an Official BookCrossing Zone. I am meeting with the guy this week to talk about what it might involve - any tips from anyone who has done this before? Liz Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing ________________________________ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "BookCrossing <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . ________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/
