Book trading circle?

Does anyone fancy setting up an informal kind of book-trading circle? I wondered if everyone interested maintained a list of books they had on offer and if someone wanted one, they posted it out to them. And when it was finished with, it got added to the next person's list?

Something like that, anyway.

Jus' wonderin' ...

bagpuss

Possibly

a friend of mines mother apparent is in a system where you get send a book and regardless of whether you read it or not you write a comment in the cover and send it on to the next person

Andrea

Sounds like an excellent idea.

I think there's already a few bookcrossers on downsizer. It's a great way to record your thoughts & see what other people thought. Could you somehow use the bookcrossing system to keep track of the books?

wellington womble

If it involves books, I'm in. Where's Hedgewitch? Laughing

hedgewitch

wellington womble wrote:

If it involves books, I'm in. Where's Hedgewitch? Laughing

Yeah, but you know you'd have to return mine. Or I'd fine you. Wink

wellington womble

I have you know I have a lending book, which keeps a record of all my books lent. I only just stopped short of a ticket system (the old fashioned ones where you're ticket is a little cardboard thing that book ticket slots into)

All of my books are arranged by catergory, and then alphabetically by author within that catergory. Himself's are arranged alphabetically by author.

Occasionally, people are brave enough to borrow. If they don't return the fine is one bottle of wine a month (the are usually distant) although I rarely send stroppy letters!

hedgewitch

WW, you worry me sometimes Laughing

I may have a genuine card-catalogue cabinet spare soon - as used in the days when books were catalogued in little cards then filed by author and by title. I'll let you know Rolling Eyes

You need to move into the 21st century, take out a subscription for Library Thing http://libarything.com/ and buy yourself a scanner to scan by barcode Wink

Helen M

count me in! Very Happy

tahir

hedgewitch wrote:

WW, you worry me sometimes Laughing

I may have a genuine card-catalogue cabinet spare soon - as used in the days when books were catalogued in little cards then filed by author and by title. I'll let you know Rolling Eyes

You need to move into the 21st century, take out a subscription for Library Thing http://libarything.com/ and buy yourself a scanner to scan by barcode Wink

Does she know about the Dewey decimal?

woodsprite

I too have a lending book but only for my work related books/scripts/plays etc and only because students are notoriously bad for returning anything. Having said that I do like my books back, eventually.

hedgewitch

tahir wrote:

hedgewitch wrote:

WW, you worry me sometimes Laughing

I may have a genuine card-catalogue cabinet spare soon - as used in the days when books were catalogued in little cards then filed by author and by title. I'll let you know Rolling Eyes

You need to move into the 21st century, take out a subscription for Library Thing http://libarything.com/ and buy yourself a scanner to scan by barcode Wink

Does she know about the Dewey decimal?

Don't tell her. Shocked

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