Bookcrossing is History in the Making
A book's history comes to life in its journal entries
by VysionAugust 26, 2004
Have you ever found something in an old book? One that was well-cared for, lovingly stored in an attic, and perhaps had a news clipping tucked inside? Maybe one with a yellowing inscription, passed from mother to daughter as a gift? A book with its cover
worn soft by hands clutching it as a child with a security blanket? A cross-stitched bookmark placed at a favorite passage? If that excites you, try the online equivalent--the journal entries of books at Bookcrossing.
Bookcrossing enables those momentos of the past, the history of a book, to be kept as a new history on the internet. When a person looks up a book released at Bookcrossing, they find these jewels of information within the journal entries of the book. Information about the book's beginning, where it was printed, who bought it, or what the book's inscription says. Information about the book's first exchange, going from reader to reader, with their thoughts upon finishing it. Information about the book in the news, with links placed to an article found in the press. Information about the book's journey, details of travelling the countryside or within the city. Information as pictures, attached to journal entries to show where the book has been, or what the book is about. All the tidbits, memories, and bric-a-brac, waiting at Bookcrossing to be seen.
The journal entries not only brighten the life of the reader, but of people worldwide. One may read the journals on a book and share in an adventure halfway around the world. The Site Watch forum is a wonderful place to start. Bookcrossers who have searched through more than a million books and found these nuggets of gold, these wonderful journal entries, announce them for other readers to enjoy. Books that are found years later, or books caught that same day. Stories of a book's travel across the ocean, and of a book found at the cafe down the street. Tales of the adventure crossing language barriers, or of mailings passing the book from friend to friend.
Go ahead, visit Bookcrossing.com and check out the new world of literature, history in the making.
Bookcrossing enables those momentos of the past, the history of a book, to be kept as a new history on the internet. When a person looks up a book released at Bookcrossing, they find these jewels of information within the journal entries of the book. Information about the book's beginning, where it was printed, who bought it, or what the book's inscription says. Information about the book's first exchange, going from reader to reader, with their thoughts upon finishing it. Information about the book in the news, with links placed to an article found in the press. Information about the book's journey, details of travelling the countryside or within the city. Information as pictures, attached to journal entries to show where the book has been, or what the book is about. All the tidbits, memories, and bric-a-brac, waiting at Bookcrossing to be seen.
The journal entries not only brighten the life of the reader, but of people worldwide. One may read the journals on a book and share in an adventure halfway around the world. The Site Watch forum is a wonderful place to start. Bookcrossers who have searched through more than a million books and found these nuggets of gold, these wonderful journal entries, announce them for other readers to enjoy. Books that are found years later, or books caught that same day. Stories of a book's travel across the ocean, and of a book found at the cafe down the street. Tales of the adventure crossing language barriers, or of mailings passing the book from friend to friend.
Go ahead, visit Bookcrossing.com and check out the new world of literature, history in the making.
