My suggestion would be to do a search on meetup.com. That is how I found locals who are involved with bookcrossing.
--- Phyllis Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How brave of you! Sounds like you have thought of > just > about everything, but there aren't any OBCZs in my > area that I know of (anybody heard of any in the > northwest subrubs of Detroit?) so I have no advice, > just a bit of cheerleading for you - PJ. > --- Dorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm starting up a new Official BookCrossing Zone > in > > Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. > > It will be at the Chilkoot Starbucks (near > > Wal-Mart.) The manager there has given > > permission to put up signs and start a stash of > > books on the colouring-book-slash- > > newspaper table. I'm VERY excited! > > > > I've printed off the OBZ signs from the website, > but > > is there anything else I need to do? Is > > there some part of the site that I have to enter > the > > address into a database, or something > > like that? It was suggested that a new > bookcrossing > > bookshelf/account be started for the > > 'Zone to keep track of what books have been left > > there, but I have enough trouble keeping > > track of my own shelf! **laughs** > > > > Is anyone else managing an OBZ? Do you have any > > suggestions or pointers for me? I want > > to do it right, of course. I would like for this > to > > be a safe place to leave books, for myself > > and for others. I'm particularly shy of > > wild-releasing in random places... my very first > > wild-release was thrown in the trash, which was > > rather put-offish. > > > > I went out and bought some books last night, so I > > could register and release them at the > > location today. (I have lots of books already, > but > > none that I am ready to release, they're > > all TBR! So I bought books I've already read > > **laughs**) > > > > I figured, of all the places I could gush about > how > > excited I am that I can do this, the > > bookcrossing yahoo! group would have to be > > appropriate **smiles** > > > > ~RaineSharesBooks/GateGypsy > > > > > > > PJ. Levy > Tea, Earl Grey, Hot > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out > Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
