Hints from Heloise

Tue., Jan. 23, 2007

The Spokesman-Review

Dear Heloise: A way to share a book and continue being entertained by its journey long after you have “released” it is described at www.bookcrossing.com.

The idea is to put a label with a BookCrossing ID number in the book and then leave it in a public place. One can download and print labels, or purchase preprinted labels. As the book passes through future readers’ hands, they are encouraged to go to the Web site and make a journal entry under that ID number and once again leave the book in a public place for yet another reader.

The journal entries give reader comments and record the progress of the book as it passes from one reader to the next. – Larry L., Moorpark, Calif.

Larry, I love, love, love this idea, and as an author of more than 11 books, I wholeheartedly suggest to my readers to “pass a book on.”

Reading a book is a joy and such a wonderful way to learn about places and people, and just plain escape. – Heloise

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