Sunday, May 31, 2009
Dang it! they thought of my idea
So I came up with this amazing idea back at the beginning of the year. Imagine it... a website about trading and tracking books...all over the Denver area. Seeing if people would really give away they're books and to whom and what type of person would do it most willingly. That's right just like Find George but with books. Friend Rachel even came up with the best name: BookRipple. I researched the web, couldn't find anything like it, I bought the domain, started designing the web page. I even started getting books to start passing out. And what do you know? It;s already been done. To a 'T" actually better than a "T". But the wonderful thing about this is it was successful... over 700,000 members around the WORLD!!! Check it out at http://www.bookcrossing.com/. Well here's to a great idea.
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Hey! I hope that your doing well. On my blog, I keep track of my books I am reading. I have a 50 book goal this year. I also have found this website www.swaptree.com - its a swap website. You enter the books you want and the books you have. It links people up with you to swap at only the cost of media mail. Its very cool. I have already swapped 25 books or so. Very cool. Anyway - hope things are good with you. Your dog is looking so cute!
Sorry your idea was already taken--it always seems to work out that way: When you first start researching you can't find anything, and then after you've done the work, you find something exactly like it.
Great ideas can't be kept down. I've been a bookcrosser for a while now and love givning away books. The one I am currenlty reading started in the UK, then Australia, South Africa and now Canada. Hope you'll join in the Bookcrossing fun.
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