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Release Techniques » Lots of books to release - any suggestions? » Where I've goten catches also:
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'll add to this list the places I've often gotten catches: Universities On Buses and Trains In Mother's/Parenting Rooms at Shopping Centres On the Ledge of an ATM Also I personally think that a catch will often…
Release Challenges » 12 days of christmas » Great Idea!
ainead 19 yrs ago
I'll see if I'm up for the challenge! :)
Release Techniques » Cook books? » My thoughts exactly!
ainead 19 yrs ago
This was precisely what I was going to do with a cookbook I got for free when buying another book last week. I was very excited about posting on this thread but you've beat me to it Foucault! :D
Release Challenges » Personal Hard-To-Do Conundrum Challenge. » My 'Hard-To-Do' Release
ainead 19 yrs ago
I released this > http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2136835/ainead/book_ONLY-HIS-TOUCH-(Loveswept,-No-709)-PEGGY-WEBB book in response to this challenge. The reason it was hard for me to release is written in the…
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees » Getting Bookcrossing in the media
ainead 19 yrs ago | 4 replies
I'm working in my area to get bookcrossing in the media. Today I've submitted a story to 'Brisbane Extra' a local interest stories program that follows the news on TV. I've also penned an article about bookcrossing to …
Release Challenges » Personal Hard-To-Do Conundrum Challenge. » Hard-To-Do Challenge - I'll do it.... any other takers?
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I definitely think that someone should start a 'hard-to-do' challenge, releasing a book that is hard to let go of, whether this be because the book is a favourite and hard to remove from its exalted spot on your bookshel…
Release Challenges » Armchair Traveling! Show Us Your Town Challenge!* * Important message for all participants** » I should have snapped the crocodile hunter...
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
Yesterday I released two books at the Australian Zoo - home of Steve Urwin, the Crocodile Hunter. The first book I left on a rock beside a life-size stand of the hunter himself tangling with a snake. (I left it the…
Release Challenges » Aussie Election Day release challenge » 6 in the wild.... worried they were binned
ainead 19 yrs ago
I released six at Luttwych (QLD). By the time I came out from voting (an absentee vote so it took a little longer than normal voting), all six were gone. I'm so worried they were binned. I've never had released bo…
Release Challenges » Aussie Election Day release challenge » I'm in!
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'll release some when I go to vote tommorrow. I figure since most polling booths are around schools in this area, I'll drop books that are suitable for teens as well as adults. That way if they don't get nabbed by …
Release Challenges » Aussie Election Day release challenge » oops
ainead 19 yrs ago
I mean Ada2... I was looking at the wrong post when I wrote the last comment! :/ Sorry! :)
Release Challenges » Aussie Election Day release challenge » *laugh* excellent choices!
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I love your choices Mistlerose.... fantastic! Gave me a good chuckle. :D
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees » New and want to be active in promoting bookcrossing » Some suggestions...
ainead 19 yrs ago
Do what Anna Librarian suggested then tell your friends and family and encourage them to do the same or at least donate some of their unwanted books. Maybe see if you can start up an official book crossing zone - eg…
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees » Getting the Running Book everywhere! » Uni Student Magazines
ainead 19 yrs ago
AND I'm going to write an article for my university's student magazine.
Activists, Enthusiasts, Hobbyists and Wannabees » Getting the Running Book everywhere! » So many ideas!
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I'm thinking I'm going to have to make a few shirts with some slogans on the back/around/under the running book. I'll also do up some posters to put around my university campuses.
Release Techniques » Timing is everything
ainead 19 yrs ago | 13 replies
I have found that when releasing in particular locations, I'll consider the time of day as an important factor in ensuring my book ends up in loving hands. For example, When I release on public transport (buses, tra…
Release Techniques » Do you have any wild release hot spots? » uni releases....
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
When I leave them at uni, I leave them in high-traffic areas such as computing labs and the refectory. I know that the cleaners only come through these two areas during pre-dawn hours or at 7 when the refec is close…
Release Techniques » Do you have any wild release hot spots? » unis and public transport.
ainead 19 yrs ago | 5 replies
all of my drops bar one have been at universities and on buses/trains. I've had a fabulous catch rate - something like 7/30ish and 3 new BX members. Half of my catches have been at the uni half have been from the publ…
Site Watch » Authors and Bookcrossing » Buying More Books Because of BX
ainead 19 yrs ago
I've not been on BX for long in the greater scheme of things however I've already bought two copies of a book at the time of purchase with the specific intent to release the second copy. Seems to me that there are a…
Release Techniques » do you cover your books before releasing them? » I do - my reasons why...
ainead 19 yrs ago | 10 replies
I have with every book I've registered and released so far. My reasons are: 1) it makes older books look new and attractive to the eye. 2) it makes the books look more respectable and 'permanent' so hopefully they w…
Release Techniques » Great place to release a book.... » fabulous idea
ainead 19 yrs ago | 2 replies
That's a fabulous idea! I might have to give it a go.
Release Techniques » How exactly do you label your books? » Yet another labelling fanatic
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
1. BX 'free book' sticker on the spine (if the book is 'fat' enough). 2. Small BX 'free book, look inside' sticker on the front cover. 3. UID label on the inside of the front cover. 4. Explanation of BX bookmark in th…
Release Techniques » i just released my first book!! » First releases...
ainead 19 yrs ago
I can remember releasing my first one. I did it within sight of my workstation and I kept nervously walking past it so I could check if it was gone yet. :D I've become a lot more bold these days, looking around at co…
Release Techniques » Leave a wild release next to a public computer! » It's worked for me.
ainead 19 yrs ago
I usually release in the computer labs at my university. I've had 4 successful journals this way. But then again, I've had 3 books journalled that I left in a uni cafeteria, bus stop and on a train.
Release Techniques » BC Labels on outside or inside of book? » The Whole Shebang
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I put one of the labels made by 'the bloody' on the inside of the front cover. Then I put a little sticker saying 'free book, look inside' on the spine (if it's wide enough). I've started putting a similar sticker on t…
Release Techniques » anyone else in the 'not like Lot's wife' school of thought for releases? » I Tried Lost and Found and Failed
ainead 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I went to the lost and found department of my uni and asked if I could claim any books they had. I explained the bookcrossing concept but was firmly turned down. They send ALL the books they received (that don't get cla…

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