Thanks for responding and clearing that up for me. Bren -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 05/14/06 08:40:58 To: [email protected] Subject: [BookCrossing] Digest Number 2134 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM------------------------------------------- ------------------------~-> There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: Reserving From: "ecrust2001" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message 1 From: "ecrust2001" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat May 13, 2006 9:42am(PDT) Subject: Re: Reserving --- In [email protected], "Bren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am new to all this. How would I go about reserving a book if I see one > released that I want? > > Bren Hi, Bren, and welcome to BookCrossing! You may have gotten the wrong idea about the site, though; BookCrossing is not a book-trading site in the usual sense, and you cannot "reserve" books from other people's shelves. BookCrossing is about registering your own no- longer-wanted books and passing them along to others, whether by leaving them in the wild for anyone to find or by giving them to people you know; then you just hope that someone will journal the books and you'll get to find out where they went and what the finders thought of them. (The "reserved" status that you may have seen on people's bookshelves is one of several status codes that each BCer can use for their own purposes - most people use it to mean that they've reserved that book for a special purpose, anything from a wild release to a gift for a friend. For more on the status codes, see the "frequent questions" entry here: http://www.bookcrossing.com/faqs#26 ) One of the ways people *can* get hold of BookCrossing books is to go hunting for them; if you want to see whether anyone has released any books near you recently, look at the "go hunting" page. Most books left in the wild are picked up quite soon, so it may be hard to find a book this way, but if you do find one it will be a thrill for you and - when you journal it - for the BookCrosser who released it! Many BookCrossers do enjoy trading books with each other by mail, but that's an optional part of the site and the majority of members don't participate, so if you think you would be interested in trading, make sure to read up on the recommended site etiquette for requesting or offering trades (see the links below). And if someone should contact you asking for a book, remember that trading is optional - you are not required to send someone books just because they ask, even if they offer something else in exchange. Here are some links that may be helpful in getting started with BookCrossing: http://www.bookcrossing.com/home - on the BookCrossing home page, scroll down a bit to the "Three R's of BookCrossing" section for some basics. This should explain how to register, label, and release books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/faqs - This is the site's "frequent questions" section http://www.texaswren.com - This is a very helpful site set up by BookCrosser TexasWren, and includes a BookCrossing FAQ that describes many of the optional ways BookCrossers may choose to exchange books. Hope this helps explain BC a bit more - and that you enjoy the site! -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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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