Very good idea. But will this work in India? The "raddiwalla"s / "kawadiwalla"s / "rag pickers" would be very happy to see this scheme in action. Best way could be to have a site like http://buyselloldbooks.com , with only difference that owners give away their books for free. -- http://SukhdevSingh.com On 6/15/07, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy wrote:

Do librarians know about bookcrossing?

Visit www.bookcrossing.com

Do you have a book to dispose off?

You leave your book discretely in some public place like a bus, super bazar, theater seat, auto etc Book contains a Label with a registration number got from www.bookcrossing.com. registration number gives all details of the donor/sender/leaver of the book.

You pick up such a book left by unknown persons, read it and repeat the exercise.

One way to dispose off weeded out books may be through bookcrossing, after other methods are exhausted.

-- Dr P Vyasamoorthy, Society for Serving Seniors 30, Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Phone 27846631 http://societyforservingseniors.satyamcsr.org

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