Welcome to BookCrossing!
It’s a smart social networking site, where books get new life.
There are currently 1,583,246 BookCrossers and 11,350,976 books travelling throughout132 countries.
It’s easy to find books, share books, and meet fellow book lovers.
Step 1. Label
Register your book for FREE, and get a unique BookCrossing ID (BCID). This ID allows you to follow your specific book. There are several ways you can label your book:
Download free BookCrossing labels here and print them from your computer.
Create custom labels with our Bookplate Creator using your own image and message.
Step 2. Share
There are a few different ways you can share your book:
Give it away. Pass your book on to a friend, or a stranger! You can find someone in the BookCrossing community who’s looking for your book and make their day by sending it to them. These particular methods are referred to as “controlled releases”.
Release it into the wild. Referred to as “wild releases”, this type of sharing needs you to leave your labeled book on a park bench or in a train station — anywhere it’s likely to be caught by another delighted reader.
Be creative! BookCrossers might establish an “Official BookCrossing Zone”, a physical location where books are regularly caught and / or released. They may start a “bookring”, “bookray” or “bookbox”, all of which are controlled ways of passing books throughout a set group of members.
Step 3. Follow
Once you’ve labeled and shared it, follow your book’s adventures.
When another reader finds your book, they can enter the BCID on BookCrossing.com and report that it’s been caught. Some books tend to stay in one region while others really move!
1. The BCID mainly helps BookCrossers to ___________.
A.search for the book they want to read | B.share a book that they think is good |
C.find out where their book goes | D.claim ownership of their book |
2. Which of the following is NOT used to share books?
A.Official BookCrossing Zone. | B.Bookplate Creator. |
C.Bookring. | D.Bookray. |
3. What do we know about BookCrossing?
A.It charges registration fees. | B.It publishes various books. |
C.It has users all over the world. | D.It encourages its users to write. |
4. Where is the text most probably taken from?
A.A novel. | B.A report. | C.A website. | D.A newspaper. |