Book swapping
Book Sharing ( from English to German in about " common use of books " ), in the English language also book sharing, book exchange or swapping book called, is the reciprocal of providing books of any kind in a largely non-commercial networks and communities. It is possible to alternatively or in combination swap, lend / borrow or gifts / gift. Reciprocal use is real and anonymous at certain locations or combined organized virtually and logged over Internet platforms. Book sharing is practiced worldwide, especially in the United States and Europe.
General background and distribution in Germany
The term first appeared around 2000 Book Sharing in the United States in the context of the school of thought of an alternative Cooperative Economy, Shareconomy or collaborative consumption ( economy or consumption on reciprocity according to the principle of sustainability ). The concept has been implemented so far only hesitantly in Germany, known is the term or BookCrossing BookCrossing, a special form of Book Sharing with a solid structure and organization, and now commercial interests. One of the few social networks in Germany, who describe themselves as providers of Book Sharing, Bookelo is headquartered in Munich. Bookelo is, according to the "first social network for book lovers all over the world " and therefore has. Sharing for Book rental system in the USP in Germany So far, more than 1000 registered books can be borrowed from Bookelo. Meanwhile there is an organized via Facebook online platform for Book Sharing of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
From home-made bookcase to BookCrossing
In other areas of life Book Sharing corresponds to the basic principle of participation in economic life on reciprocity in Germany. Organizational forms are known as car sharing ( car ), the centrifugal clothes ( clothing ) or CouchSurfing (travel). Outside of the internet there Book Sharing as a kind of unorganized grassroots movement for book lovers who want to anonymously exchange books in the public space, long time. Such movements exist primarily in urban, small reading joyful neighborhoods in the U.S., such as the New York literati Municipality Brooklyn, in Portland, Oregon, but also in intellectual - quarters in Moscow and Berlin in Prenzlauer Berg. There, the books are either haphazardly somewhere, reintroduced about on benches, or in self-made, reminiscent of bird nesting boxes bookcases for an anonymous and free book sharing. Desirable but not essential to deposit a book as a replacement for the removed is. Unlike the tightly organized through BookCrossing, which addresses these social- neighborly urban traditions of Bücherauswilderns, this primordial form of Book Sharing usually rather unstructured. A special position is occupied by the Little Free Library project based in Wisconsin, connected to an Internet platform and world 5000 registered users. The basic idea is to provide in the form of small, self- timbered libraries by type of doll houses residents from the neighborhood, especially in rural regions regularly with books and reading material in the book sharing system. The original model from a small town in Wisconsin now has a host of imitators worldwide found as far away as Africa. Also in Germany Little Free Library has now supporters.
Join as a pioneer for book exchange platforms
As one of the founding fathers of Book Sharing as a digital platform for the exchange of their own books with those of other book lovers true of living in the USA Briton John Buckman. The Internet Entrepreneur and studied philosophy developed in the 1990 's, the idea for the platform en: join in Berkeley, California. BookMooch is now one of the largest and most professional appearing Internet platforms for Book Sharing after the exchange principle and is also represented in Germany. Book collector Buckman had gotten because many good books used were sold at a loss over low-cost suppliers on the Internet. On the other hand, it was rare and no longer available books only overpriced in online book shops. So internet entrepreneur got the idea with Book Sharing to share books on personal interest with like-minded people on a single platform on the internet. The Book Sharing is done via a points system. The members worldwide can register for free at BookMooch and offer their own books. Once they have sent a book on the journey, members receive points with which they can exchange books of their choice regardless of their real value in the book market. BookMooch organizes charity projects and distributed free books to children's hospitals and financially constrained small town libraries and prisons. In addition to the much better-known Book Sharing pioneer BookCrossing join one of the larger organized over the Internet Book Sharing communities with around 500,000 books in the exchange offer. The founder now attracts over Amazon sales of the platform as well as voluntary funding by members profit, membership is free. Each 20 exchanged via BookMooch book was previously purchased on Amazon. Meanwhile created at the University of Maryland dissertation on BookMooch.
GoodReads and other platforms for exchange of books
More platforms and networks for Book Sharing usually on an exchange basis are available in the U.S. and in the UK. Some, such as Facebook Likes are active in Germany. Based in San Francisco platform en: GoodReads however, is a special form of the Book sharing, as used and set of around 20 million users, books can be including reviews by the community neither exchanged nor paid or awarded, but only digitally recommended. Amazon purchases also offers this platform with the most members of their kind in the world, whose takeover Amazon announced in March 2013. In May 2013, the acquisition was completed. A similarly structured provider for Facebook sharing in conjunction with Social networking is the Copia platform with books discussions of community members in real time with a focus on e-books.
Bookelo first German Book Sharing Platform
As 2012 was established provider is Bookelo from Munich the only purely German platform for Facebook sharing, invented by internet entrepreneur Matthias Gasser. The special feature that Bookelo different from other platforms of this type is its organization as a kind of huge library. Trades are not possible according to the terms and conditions of Bookelo explicitly. Unlike GoodReads books are real given. If you want to become a member, register for free on the platform and offers books from their own stock of imparting. Conversely registered users can adjust loan requests for books. The precise procedures and the loan period make the involved community members from among themselves via email or Facebook. A rental fee for Bookelo this does not apply, however, as with BookMooch the opportunity to order books on the platform at Amazon. A Gift of books, such as no longer required study books, is possible. Members at Bookelo can also be managed individually through the software of the platform their own library collections. In a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung Bookelo was the national members throughout Germany, has referred to as " Library 3.0".
Book Sharing is redefined as an extended library concept and as a successor to the nationally dying culture of the city libraries in Germany. Especially in rural regions form Book Sharing platforms like Bookelo a new hybrid of digital library and privately organized real lending library on time as social networks. This Bookelo stands next party for exchange and Offer and reintroduced as an innovative lending library of books for a second independent path in Book Sharing.