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SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
I know I mentioned this on BCAUS, but now that I've started reading "Turn Right at Istanbul" (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2591921/), I will definitely be releasing this for ANZAC Day, it's an amazing book.
Book Talk
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Name one thing you *didn't* like about the last book you read.
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Rule No.5: No Sex on the Bus
SKingList
19 yrs ago
He really made every European traveller sound like someone who just wants to get drunk and laid as often as possible.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2660176/
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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[Bookray] Cold Beer and Crocodiles: A Bicycle Journey into Australia-Australia Only
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 6 replies
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2641911/
Quite an amusing book, a nice quick read. Any takers? PM me to be added
Cari
Feature Requests
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[editing your personal crossing zones]: Countdown: Zero! (fixed)
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Re: I'll bet the problem is that there is no list to delete
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> That makes sense. And your solution
> sounds very workable to me. ^ ^ 00
> =+= v
Me too!
And FutureCat, I have the same more books than clothes "problem" and love it, as I'm sure you do too!
Feature Requests
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[editing your personal crossing zones]: Countdown: Zero! (fixed)
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A Possible Solution?
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 3 replies
Was thinking today, if editing/deleting crossing zones isn't feasible, what if there were a tickbox to not have a particular crossing zone added to the quick list? That way if you're travelling or otherwise using a spot …
SKingList
19 yrs ago
--no, not all of us voted for Shrub. I sure as hell didn't.
--no, we don't all think the world rises and sets around the US.
--I may be a New Yorker, but I don't sound like Marisa Tomei from My Cousin Vinny
I'm …
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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WISH LIST ETIQUETTE THREAD(please bump if it goes down the page too far)
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Re: Has timeliness been addressed yet?
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
To follow along with timeliness, be patient. I offered a RABCK and said it would go when I got to the post office, most likely at the end of the week. I got seventeen, yes seventeen PMs from the BCer looking for the book…
Release Techniques
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HUNTING Technique - ALWAYS look in Lost & Found
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Re: I've thought about asking for my own releases
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> I'm always concerned that they've ended up
> in the lost & found, and I'm tempted
> to ask about them.
I did that once--always check the lost and found at the local mall and one time the woman said "as a mat…
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Have posted these all to BCAUS, and someone suggested I post them here. All of these are open to new members, so please PM me if you're interested.
Swahili for the Broken-Hearted by Peter Moore http://bookcrossing.com…
SKingList
19 yrs ago
Hohokus, New Jersey USA
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
Humpybong Peninsula, QLD, Australia
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> In addition to the sending it to BC via
> the link MrBones gave you, we
> often post these links in the
> Announcements forum, so that other
> members can see them.
Thanks, mojosmom. I just did so.
Cari
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
http://albany2go.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=336781
My brother gave me the heads up with a comment of "isn't this that book thing you do"
:)
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> At least not directly, meaning publishers and authors don't earn royalties >on the books shared, traded or wild released via Bookcrossing. Somebody > >please correct me if I'm wrong...
They don't, nor do they get …
SKingList
19 yrs ago
Sent it in, thanks.
For some reason that option didn't show in the plaintext version.
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 4 replies
I know of the press page, but there doesn't seem to be an option there to let BC know of a press mention and I did a search to see if this has been mentioned elsewhere in the forums. Do they want to know of a mention? If…
SKingList
19 yrs ago
Well, not Australian but an American living in Australia :)
SKingList
19 yrs ago
TW, I know your site as the BC Bible, but somehow I managed to miss that one. After spending an hour cursing BC because I could not add pics to my entries from our release frenzy today, I found this post.
Thank you!
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SKingList
19 yrs ago
> I've wondered if this applied to other
> countries or was USA related. Is airport
> security as tight there as it is here?
Coming from the POV of a NYer, hell no :) I mean they have certain safeguards in plac…
SKingList
19 yrs ago
Marvelous, and probably the only thing as addicting as BC is travelling :) Luckily the two go hand in hand.
Release Techniques
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Planes, trains and... (Newbie Question Alert!)
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Re: I, use, say "Green Line, train D (Riverside)"
SKingList
19 yrs ago
... am I pathetic for knowing from your subject that you were talking about the T? I know the Boston lines way to well.
My personal favourite of a release note was:
Brisbane->City Bus
and the specifics were left bla…
SKingList
19 yrs ago
| 2 replies
> Well, and only books and don't release in airports.
Which is probably the most "broken" rule I've seen, getting Brisbane releases. I think I get more for Brisbane Airport then I do for other parts of the city, save …
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> Well, and only books and don't release in airports.
Which is probably the most "broken" rule I've seen, getting Brisbane releases. I think I get more for Brisbane Airport then I do for other parts of the city, save …
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> Those of us who are
> accessing the internet via wet pieces of
> spaghetti (i.e. 28.8K modems)
> will appreciate it. :) Thanks, P
Hehe. I thought I was the last remaining dial up dinosaur!
SKingList
19 yrs ago
SK, been my nickname all over the web since 95
Chit-Chat
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Rootlessness and travel--would you, if you could?
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Re: Unlimited finances? In a hearbeat!
SKingList
19 yrs ago
> I never said anything about "unlimited
> finances." I said "financial
> means" to travel for 2 years. I was
> thinking just enough to live on
> while traveling, and NOT to keep all your
> things as is at home.
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