there’s a slightly similar but quite different idea here in the uk called mybookyourbook which aims to create an online library. you register 10 books when you sign-up, and then they circulate as people request. unfortunately, it means having these books hanging around indefinitely and i’m not sure the community is very big – i’ve only had two requests for my books since i joined a year ago.

interested to see there’s already a european contingent on bookmooch though. it’ll also help clear out all the padded envelopes i’ve got bursting out of a drawer in the kitchen…

“A” box of books in the garage. Terrance, you are just an amateur!

Yeah. I could only part with enough to fill up one box.

It’s crazy, though. I had another request come in yesterday, so I had another book to send out today. Then I woke up this morning to find two more requests in my inbox! So, I just dropped three books in the mail today. Thats about 5 or 6 that I’ve send off since Monday.

Of course, that means I can spend those points to “mooch” some titles from others. I’ve already got a list started…

(I only just now discovered your blog, thanks to the terrific essay of yours on Daily Kos about sex ed in Texas, so maybe this “move” that you allude to here really did serve to divest you of a lot of books.)