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Do you ever write to authors and have they answered? nt
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Re: Do you ever write to authors and have they answered? nt
Torve
18 yrs ago
I wrote an email to Neil Gaiman at the completion of the Sandman series to say how much I had enjoyed it.
He wrote back. It was a reply that may have been his standard response to everyone who wrote to him. But it w…
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Torve
19 yrs ago
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Bookcrossing.com has 35%, trailing dogstar at 46%
Torve
19 yrs ago
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I can understand the secrecy, but why ask for the book back? That doesn't seem to be in the spirit of book crossing.
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees
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Paperback book chain letter
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Paper back chain letter volunteers
Torve
19 yrs ago
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My mum has received a Paperback book chain letter. (When I was a kid she always told me to avoid them.) She doesn't want to let here friend down, but she doesn't want to impose on 6 friends by passing the letter on.
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Torve
19 yrs ago
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Torve
20 yrs ago
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There are 237,038 members, some of whom register books at a frightening rate, but it only needed just over four books per member to reach a million.
I wonder how many members have registered 0 books?
Torve
20 yrs ago
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I keep being surprised at how difficult it is for people to understand BookCrossing.
The latest example is a I gave a book to a friend. I knew it was a book his girlfriend wanted. I explained all I wanted was her to…
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Regarding apostrophes, prompted to post here because of other threads herein
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Eats Shoots and Leaves
Torve
20 yrs ago
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Interesting to see the size of this thread. I thought this was just an English disease, or at least only in England did we worry about this.
May I direct followers of this thread to the book, "Eats Shoots and Leaves"…
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BC still in lead with 1364 votes or 92%
Torve
20 yrs ago
Cool Site of the Month Voting Booth- January Nominees
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Book Crossing 1364( 92%)
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Total votes 1469
Torve
20 yrs ago
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I don't see anything wrong with "orientated" in the right context. It's when it gets shortened to "oriented", which would mean "easted", that it becomes silly.
