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Share your City by hosting the annual 2015 Convention!
Yes, it's that time of year again. Happy 14th Birthday, Bally! And like every year about this time, we start putting the feelers out for the Convention Getaway host city 2 years from now. That's right. As the 2014 BookCrossing Convention is in the pl...
News from the Store: Bally's Bottom Dollar Sale! And... some Bags
Here's some serendipity for you! When Heather was recently looking for something in the garage, she tripped over a couple of unmarked boxes. Of course she opened them to see what was inside... and found a batch of BookCrossing supplies that had been ...
In with the Old, in with the New: Econo Labels!
What's black and white and read all over? You’ve asked, we’ve answered: Our black and white Econo Labels back in stock and better than ever as they come with a pre-numbered option! At half the size and near half the price of our standard labels, thes...
From the UK Region Manager Team: Announcing restructuring of locations in UK
After a lengthy consultation and discussion period the UK Regional Managers have decided on the following re-organisation of UK zones. All the Scottish and Welsh regions, areas or counties will be merged into the existing states of Scotland and Wales...
Let your BookCrossing books get some facetime on Facebook: New Connections.
Now, sharing your releases with fellow friends and BookCrossers is easier than ever. The new Facebook/BookCrossing interaction allows your releases to be automatically onto your Facebook page. (The feature is optional, and requires you authorize the ...
Tidying Up the UK Member Locations and Release Zones
And now, a message from the UnCon Newsletter... A new entry on the Schedule for this year’s Nottingham Unconvention is a presentation from the UK BookCrossing Region Managers, who will be asking for our help. For those of you who don’t know who the R...
Tees and More Floss
By our friends at mentalfloss.com
The good people at BookCrossing have once again given...
Top 10 Things You Might Have Seen at the BC in DC Convention
by KateKintail, Member of the 2011 BookCrossing Convention Planning Team
On the weekend of April 15-17, 2011, a hundred BookCrossers attended the 10th Anniversary BookCros...
What do YOU want in a BookCrossing phone app?
Here's a message from Bruce, the CEO of BookCrossing regarding smart phone app development: At long last, we are able to start work again on a mobile phone application for BookCrossing. We will eventually be building apps for different phones, but ou...
Top Ten Reasons to Attend the 10th Anniversary Convention
1. Celebrate Ballycumber’s 10th birthday.
2. Thousands of free books.
3. Meet BookCrossers from more
OBCZs Soon to Find an Official Home on BookCrossing -- With Your Help!
NOTE: UPDATED INFORMATION (as of April 2012) REGARDING OBCZ RECOGNITION IS ON THE REGION MANAGER'S SHELF. OBCZs (Official BookCrossing Zones) are those wonderful spots around the world where BookCrossing books are regularly released by BookCrossers. ...
BIDS FOR THE 2013 BOOKCROSSING CONVENTION
In April of 2013, BookCrossing will be 12 years old (Yikes, that's 84 in Ballycumber years). The BookCrossing Convention, celebrated in April of every year, is looking for a host city. Our 2012 Convention will be held in Dublin, Ireland, and while we...
Like us on Facebook
We're here! We're here! For once we're asking you to get your face out of a book to find us on Facebook. BookCrossing has finally joined the movement, and our official page is up and active. While you may love BookCrossing, please be sure to
Annual BookCrossing Convention: Celebrating 10 Years
The Annual BookCrossing Convention returns to the United States in 2011 and will be held in its capital city, Washington, D.C. Join us on the weekend of April 15-17, 2011 when hundreds of BookCrossers will descend upon the Washington, D.C. area to jo...
UK BookCrossers: Join 'World Book Night'
Hello, UK BookCrossers! Is there a book that you love so much that you just want to give it to dozens of people? On March 5, 2011, you could be one of 20,000 (yes, 20,000!) booklovers who get the opportunity to do just that. Join a new UK-based chari...
BookCrossing Widgets!
What in the world is a widget? Widgets are pieces of code that you can copy to your website, blog, profile, or any other piece of the internet you call yours! It's so easy. We supply the code, you simply copy and paste it to your site, page, profile ...
900,000 Members (and Growing!)
On December 15, 2010, our membership finally hit the 900,000 landmark. Fortunately, it didn't stop there. As of this post, our stats proudly boast 905,007 members enjoying the 6,756,675 books travelling around the globe changing hands and changing li...
Ways to Help BookCrossing Without Sending Us a Euro or a Dime
You may have noticed that there are ads again visible on the site. (Members with Wings, as one of the perks of the program, continue to see the site free of outside advertisement.) We thought we'd run a...
Exciting BBC Opportunity
We know there are countless stories of BookCrossing serendipity out there, and now you have an opportunity to share your tales of friendship with the world! We are thrilled to announce we've been contacted by the BBC for an upcoming documentary. Here...
BookCrossing: Coming Soon to a Language Near You
Our latest project is focused on creating a truly global initiative. Sure, we have members all over the world - but our official site was previously available only in English. With the help of our fabulous mirror sites and amazing volunteer translato...
