I have to agree with Karen. There are so many books out there that will never be journalled. People just don't want to take the time and the books are well labeled so it can't be missed. I think you might be wasting your time by putting a note in the books that most likely could be ignored and might send a wrong impression. Maybe instead of putting a message inside the books, why not put flyers up around your OBCZ touting the fun aspects of bookcrossing and how much joy it has brought you and could bring to others? Some of the tag lines on the web site are quite amusing and could grab someone's attention. Sherri Currently reading MR. COMMITMENT by Mike Gayle & listening to THE 6TH TARGET by James Patterson
Up Next: DEVIL MAY CRY by Sherrilyn Kenyon What am I babbling about? http://sharalsthoughtsandramblings.blogspot.com/ http://myspace.com/sharalsbooks See the books I have set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/sharalsbooks ----- Original Message ---- From: Karen Vella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:01:36 PM Subject: Re: [BookCrossing] Please, what do you all think? Cheryl - when I got to the part about how hard you worked..... I was put off and I would put the book down and walk away. It would be better to tell them about the "fun" part of bookcrossing. Follow this book's travels around the world. Meet people like you who love books, like you. Give people a reason to join/journal (because it's an adventure, not because you worked hard). I've sent books to many BCers to fill their OBCZ's. There are many, many books I've never heard from again. I sent a box to AnySoldier. Not one of those books have been journaled. It's the nature of Bookcrossing. Some make it, some don't. ~Sissyrun~ cheryl anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: I've released several hundreds of books to my OBCZ, and gotten, maybe, a dozen journal entries. I'm thinking about printing up bookmark-sized notes to put in the books to remind the finders to go online. I've enclosed the text below - please note that the formatting is messed up and it's actually in just a few long lines. Please tell me: 1) whether you think the idea of a note is appropriate at all and 2) whether you can improve on the text and 3) what I could add to the text to efficiently remind people that if they don't have a computer they can go to the library to go online. Thanks in advance for any insights! PLEASE JOURNAL THIS BOOK! GO TO BOOKCROSSING. COM & LET ME KNOW YOU¢VE PICKED IT UP, &/or WHAT YOU THINK OF IT, &/or WHAT YOU¢LL DO WITH IT WHEN YOU¢RE DONE Do you realize that I work hard to make sure there are always books here to share? I love doing so, and I appreciate the donations of books that some of you put in here. It¢d be nice, though, to know sometimes whether it¢s a registered book crosser, or an anonymous finder, who picked up a book. Or whether a certain book was by one of your favorite authors, or was a serendipitous pleasure. Or whether you¢re reading the book right away, giving it to a friend, or putting it on your TBR (to be read) stack for the future. It¢s quick, easy, and you can remain anonymous. THANK YOU!! Share books, share fun! See: http://www.bookcros sing.com/ mybookshelf/ cherylllr [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ [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/ <*> 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/
