well lets see a yahoo auction so lots of people can know which is passing the writen word or just putting it up so that we bcer that already know about the site can get the book. I am more partial to yahoo auction becuase say someone else dose get the book it dose make the family bigger which means that we will have new people to trade with or talk to and that is always good. I do not think selling used books is bad I just think that if you are collecting the books it is bad. But that dose not seem that is what is going on so it seems ok with me I do not think that there should be a big concer when there is good intent ment.
ecrust2001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In [email protected], "ladiibbug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > {snip} > Unless the books offered were originally registered by you, I think the > books should be offered to Book Crossing members only ... to keep > them "in the family". Hi, ladiibbug. I don't quite agree with the premise that any book that anyone gets from another BCer should be offered only to existing BCers; I'd rather wild-release such books in hopes of gaining *new* BCers - that way it's still "in the family", but the family just gets larger! Re the whole books-on-auction discussion: first, there is no rule on BookCrossing that BC books cannot be sold. Period. It's true that many BCers prefer that this not happen, either to their own books or to any other BC books, but (a) it's not possible to prevent it - even putting "not for resale" all over the book has no legal weight - and (b) since most of us love to *buy* books, why should we have a problem with a BC book winding up for sale - whether it's at a nominal price such as one-cent-plus-postage-and-handling, or for the going rate for that title in that condition? I certainly wouldn't want anyone to go around collecting BC books solely with the intent of re-selling them (especially if they plan to avoid journalling the books and/or to de-label them); I think that's the concern that some people have with any hint of selling BC books, as there have been a few instances of such behavior. [Given the condition of many BC books - well-read and often massively labeled - I can't imagine they'd re-sell for very much, but that doesn't seem to have stopped the mass-book-collectors.] But for a book to wind up in a bookstore at some point in its travels does not seem a bad thing to me, and for a BCer to offer their own registered BC books for sale seems perfectly reasonable; BCers who don't care for the practice can choose not to buy those books, and those who'd love to get hold of a BC book and who find the price reasonable may be delighted at the chance. [Since many BCers would not like to learn that the books they'd sent other BCers were being sold, I'd suggest avoiding this, or at least asking if the sender minds before trying it - but, again, there's no rule against it. Once a book has changed hands - assuming there are no conditions explicitly attached, as in book rings - it is the property of the new holder to do with as s/he pleases.] As long as the book remains BC-labeled, it may gather new journal entries and new BookCrossers, so I'm just glad to see the books keep moving. But I do try to label them permanently and clearly, and in several places inside the book, just to be sure that if the label is lost or {gasp} removed/defaced, the book can still be journaled... -GoryDetails See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/GoryDetails Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing SPONSORED LINKS Writing book Writing a book Writing child book Book writing software Writing a book report Business writing book --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "BookCrossing" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/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/
