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Free as in Books?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spread-the-love-thickly dept.

donkeyDevil writes "Forget free software, contribute to free books! The Chronicle has an interesting story about bookcrossing.com's effort to track feral books through their captors. Read about it, then do it. (Although the focus of the story is on Bay Arean book releasors, it looks like you'd have a better chance of snagging a free book here.)"

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  1. "Track Feral books through their captors" by ringbarer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apart from being one of the stupidest analogies I've heard in a long time, I must wonder about the thought processes behind this 'Book Tracking'.

    Is the intent to maintain a database containing lists of readers of 'dubious material'? Do you REALLY want your reading habits logged and monitored. If this was a government project, people will be screaming out loud regarding their rights to read "Catcher in the Rye" without getting a knock on the door at 4am from various TLA organisations.

    Why is this any different?

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    1. Re:"Track Feral books through their captors" by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

      this is the gayest idea I've heard of in a long time. Americans are so pathetic sometimes. Why not try introducing literature to the KIDS AT SCHOOL instead?

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