In light of the difficulty with "wild releases" perhaps the best way of ensuring a well-loved book gets passed along would be to offer it as a RABCK (random act of bookcrossing kindness, thanks Kami!) or on a bookrelay or set up a book ring? What are the statistics for % of wild-released books "caught"?
The other thing is to realize, even though it's not getting journaled, unless it's languishing in a garbage heap or badly damaged, it's probably being read by someone, so don't despair. I like the suggestion of writing that you can journal anonymously so people don't get intimidated. Up until now though, my books have gone into the laundry room for someone else in my housing co-op to read, and that's where I get a lot of my great books. I'm finding it quite overwhelming the amount of information there is out there: the Bookcrossing website, the bookrelay website (www.bookrelay.com), forums (I never get a chance to hang out there), etc. The easiest for me by far is something like this group where stuff comes directly to my in-box, and I can respond. As soon as I can figure out how much it costs to mail a book from Canada (I'm in Vancouver), I'll start by offering some RABCK's. It's hard to search wish lists too, to see if anyone wants some of the books I have (a few examples being Beloved, Stone Diaries, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, etc.). I have enough books in Mt. TBR (mount "to be read") pile, I don't have any wishes I'd like fulfilled yet (except maybe Vikram Seth's "A Suitable Boy", to turn my mountain into Everest). I love Bookcrossing! Take care. Theresa 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/
