Book-Cycle (Exeter, UK)
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This link was called to my attention by
rebelfilms: Book-Cycle.
Its availability and range of service seems to be pretty localized to Exeter, Brighton and thereabouts, but still - it would be nice to support the effort in some way. They're basically an open-source-style bookstore.
Their motto is "From Tree to Book and Back Again" derived from the fact that they rescue unwanted saplings from nurseries, and offer them to people to take with the books.
"You may take up to three books, three trees and spend up to three hours on the internet per day, and pay whatever you wish. Everything we do is on a donations only basis."
From http://www.book-cycle.org/FAQ
"Q: How does it work?
A: You may take up to three books, three trees and spend up to three hours on the internet per day, and pay whatever you wish. Everything we do is on a donations only basis.
Q: Are you serious?
A: Yes, really, you can pay whatever you wish, for all our products and services.
Q: How much do people usually pay?
A: We give you no indication of what other people pay. You pay whatever the books are worth to you! We have no idea of your means so can not tell you how much you should pay.
...
Q: Do the staff get paid?
A: No-one gets paid for any part of their work at Book-Cycle. Book-Cycle is run completely by volunteers.
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Its availability and range of service seems to be pretty localized to Exeter, Brighton and thereabouts, but still - it would be nice to support the effort in some way. They're basically an open-source-style bookstore.
Their motto is "From Tree to Book and Back Again" derived from the fact that they rescue unwanted saplings from nurseries, and offer them to people to take with the books.
"You may take up to three books, three trees and spend up to three hours on the internet per day, and pay whatever you wish. Everything we do is on a donations only basis."
From http://www.book-cycle.org/FAQ
"Q: How does it work?
A: You may take up to three books, three trees and spend up to three hours on the internet per day, and pay whatever you wish. Everything we do is on a donations only basis.
Q: Are you serious?
A: Yes, really, you can pay whatever you wish, for all our products and services.
Q: How much do people usually pay?
A: We give you no indication of what other people pay. You pay whatever the books are worth to you! We have no idea of your means so can not tell you how much you should pay.
...
Q: Do the staff get paid?
A: No-one gets paid for any part of their work at Book-Cycle. Book-Cycle is run completely by volunteers.
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Date: 2009-02-18 01:56 am (UTC)If you are ever wondering where to unload boxes of unused books, that is totally the place to go. Then, you will magically find fifty books that you would like to maybe read someday.
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Date: 2009-02-18 02:07 am (UTC)stay away from lest my house run out of floor spacecheck out.(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-18 03:47 am (UTC)(Now I want to get rid of the two stacks of books on my coffee table so I can.... get more books. NOT a good thing, right before moving.)
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Date: 2009-02-18 03:10 pm (UTC)thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2009-02-18 03:33 pm (UTC)* Is there a limit to how many books I can take?
You can only take 150,000 per day per person.
Dangerously indeed...
I'm a little disturbed by this one though:
* What's the catch?
All the books you take have to be stamped, "Not for Resale." That's it.
Hm. I wonder why? I've heard that books are sometimes or sold to a salvage bookstore at the author's or publisher's expense if the books don't sell from bookstore shelves after a certain time. I wonder if Book Thing store is something like that. That "Not for Resale" bit makes me suspect something weird.
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Date: 2009-02-18 03:36 pm (UTC)It's bad enough how common it is for antique/vintage store folks to grab valuable antiquey furniture at Goodwill and the like and not even bother cleaning them up before reselling at actual-worth prices. I can accept it if they do a certain amount of restoration work but that's just tacky.
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Date: 2009-02-18 03:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-18 04:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-18 12:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-18 03:36 pm (UTC)good luck to them all.