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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Буккросінг – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Буккросінг" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Буккросинг – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Буккросинг" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Бук кроссинг – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Бук кроссинг" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passallibres" title="Passallibres – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Passallibres" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liburu_gurutzaketa" title="Liburu gurutzaketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Liburu gurutzaketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4" title="کتاب در گردش – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کتاب در گردش" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%81%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%9C%EC%8B%B1" title="북크로싱 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="북크로싱" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Գրքաշրջանառություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գրքաշրջանառություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Буккросинг – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Буккросинг" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Буккроссинг – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Буккроссинг" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing_(%E2%80%9EVesz%C3%ADts_el_egy_k%C3%B6nyvet!%E2%80%9D)" title="Bookcrossing („Veszíts el egy könyvet!”) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bookcrossing („Veszíts el egy könyvet!”)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bookcrossing" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BookCrossing" title="BookCrossing – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="BookCrossing" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Буккросинг – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Буккросинг" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookcrossing" title="Bookcrossing – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" 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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bookcrossing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/Bookcrossing.png/200px-Bookcrossing.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/37/Bookcrossing.png/300px-Bookcrossing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Bookcrossing.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="99" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Website title of bookcrossing.com</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">Multilanguage</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bookcrossing.com">bookcrossing<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">April 21, 2001<span class="noprint">; 23 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2001-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg/220px-Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg/330px-Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg/440px-Leipzig_Bookcrossing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A Bookcrossing in <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a> southwest of <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin, Germany</a>, December 2009</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BookcrossingLyon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BookcrossingLyon.jpg/220px-BookcrossingLyon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BookcrossingLyon.jpg/330px-BookcrossingLyon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/BookcrossingLyon.jpg/440px-BookcrossingLyon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Bookcrossing in <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a> northeast of <a href="/wiki/N%C3%AEmes" title="Nîmes">Nîmes, France</a>, May 2006</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg/220px-Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg/330px-Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg/440px-Bookcrossing_Kozminski_University_in_Warsaw_2019a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6647" data-file-height="4319" /></a><figcaption>A Bookcrossing at <a href="/wiki/Kozminski_University" title="Kozminski University">Kozminski University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, May 2019</figcaption></figure> <p><b>BookCrossing</b> (also known as <b>BC</b>, <b>BCing</b> or <b>BXing</b>) is defined as the practice of leaving a <a href="/wiki/Book" title="Book">book</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Public_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Public place">public place</a> to be 'caught' by others, who may then do likewise. The term is derived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bookcrossing.com">bookcrossing.com</a>, a free online book community which was founded in 2001 to encourage the practice, aiming to "make the whole world a library." </p><p>The "crossing" or exchanging of books may take any of a number of forms, including the 'wild-release' of a book in public places (when the receiver of the book is unknown), controlled release (when the receiver of the book is known) with other members of the websites, or "book rings" in which books travel in a set order to participants who want to read a certain book. The community aspect of BookCrossing.com has grown and expanded in ways which were not expected at the outset, in the form of blog or forum discussions, mailing lists, and holding annual conventions throughout the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The idea for what is now known as BookCrossing was conceived in March 2001<sup id="cite_ref-sitesay_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sitesay-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Ron Hornbaker in the US. Business partners and co-founders Bruce and Heather Pedersen<sup id="cite_ref-bookcrossing-official_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookcrossing-official-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> collaborated with Hornbaker to launch BookCrossing.com on April 21, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-bookcrossing-init_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookcrossing-init-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Bruce and Hornbaker have been veterinarians and Heather was a stockbroker. </p><p>After two years the website had over 113,000 members and by 2004 it was prominent enough to be referenced in an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap opera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Neighbours" title="Neighbours">Neighbours</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-neighbours_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-neighbours-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year it appeared as a new word in the <i><a href="/wiki/Concise_Oxford_Dictionary" class="mw-redirect" title="Concise Oxford Dictionary">Concise Oxford Dictionary</a>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-coed_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although as of 2017, only the <a href="/wiki/Collins_English_Dictionary" title="Collins English Dictionary">Collins English dictionary</a> retained it as a word.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Membership surpassed one million by March 2012 and the registered book count exceeded 8.5 million. By November 2019, there were over 1.9 million members and over 13 million books travelling through 132 countries,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which over 25 thousand books newly "released in the wild" in the previous month across over 60 countries, with over 80% of the books being released in the 8 most active countries (Germany, United States, Spain, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Brazil), while 30 countries had seen a book release in the previous 3 days.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2007 <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> became the first country to give the practice official status, designating 2,000 locations in the country as 'hotspots', similar to Official BookCrossing Zones (OBCZ), in an initiative launched with the <a href="/wiki/National_Library,_Singapore" title="National Library, Singapore">National Library of Singapore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sing_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sing-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The world's first official International BookCrossing Day took place on 21 April 2014. BookCrossing is actively developing in the countries of Eastern Europe, in particular Ukraine since 2021 in small and large cities.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2005 BookCrossing.com won two People's Voice awards in the <a href="/wiki/Webby_Awards" title="Webby Awards">Webby Awards</a> for best community website and best social/networking website.<sup id="cite_ref-webbc_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webbc-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BookCrossing was also featured in a <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC Radio</a> project broadcast as 84 Book Crossing Road, which involved releasing 84 copies of <a href="/wiki/Helene_Hanff" title="Helene Hanff">Helene Hanff</a>'s book <i><a href="/wiki/84_Charing_Cross_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="84 Charing Cross Road">84 Charing Cross Road</a></i> around the world. The program was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Sony_Radio_Academy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Radio Academy Awards">Sony Radio Academy Award</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-sraa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sraa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Process">Process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG/220px-Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG/330px-Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG/440px-Bookcrossing_Flatiron_Building.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>An example of Bookcrossing, where a book is left on a public table for someone to take. A <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a> book is placed outside the <a href="/wiki/Flatiron_Building" title="Flatiron Building">Flatiron Building</a>. October 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Anyone who wishes to officially participate in "releasing" books, whether leaving in a public place or passing it on to a friend, may register on the BookCrossing.com website,<sup id="cite_ref-freec_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freec-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although there is the option to remain anonymous when "catching" or recording the find of a book. BookCrossing.com users can 'go hunting', where a member will go to the website to view a list of books that have recently been "released", then go to the location it was left to "catch" it. </p><p>Books may also be left at "Official BookCrossing Zones" (OBCZs), which are in certain coffee shops, cafes, and restaurants, or other public places. The purpose of the zones is to motivate current members in the area to leave books to share with the public. It advertises BookCrossing and adds more members.<sup id="cite_ref-spi_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spi-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conventions">Conventions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conventions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a BookCrossing anniversary convention every April,<sup id="cite_ref-con_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-con-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where BookCrossers go to enjoy organized literary-related events and release books together. </p><p>The location of the convention changes each year; here is a list of past and forthcoming conventions: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Location </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wageningen" title="Wageningen">Wageningen</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Netherlands">the Netherlands</a> </td> <td>2025 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampere,_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampere, Finland">Tampere, Finland</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Falkirk, Scotland">Falkirk, Scotland</a> </td> <td>2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampere,_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampere, Finland">Tampere, Finland</a> </td> <td>2021—cancelled </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Coast, Australia">Gold Coast, Australia</a> </td> <td>2020—cancelled </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mainz,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainz, Germany">Mainz, Germany</a> </td> <td>2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bordeaux,_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Bordeaux, France">Bordeaux, France</a> </td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oslo,_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Oslo, Norway">Oslo, Norway</a> </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens, Greece">Athens, Greece</a> </td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford, UK">Oxford, UK</a> </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne, Australia">Melbourne, Australia</a> </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gothenburg,_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothenburg, Sweden">Gothenburg, Sweden</a> </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin, Ireland">Dublin, Ireland</a> </td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, United States </td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christchurch,_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Christchurch, New Zealand">Christchurch, New Zealand</a> </td> <td>2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, United Kingdom </td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_SC" class="mw-redirect" title="Charleston, SC">Charleston, SC</a>, United States </td> <td>2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto,_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Toronto, Canada">Toronto, Canada</a> </td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_TX" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Worth, TX">Fort Worth, TX</a>, USA </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_MO" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, MO">St. Louis, MO</a>, USA </td> <td>2004 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Many unofficial conventions or "un-conventions" take place at other locations and times throughout the year,<sup id="cite_ref-uncon_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncon-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it easier for BookCrossers who cannot travel internationally for the convention, to gather and share their love of books. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy_and_criticism">Controversy and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, BookCrossing was criticized by the astrologer and novelist Jessica Adams, who claimed that books were being "<a href="/wiki/Devalued" class="mw-redirect" title="Devalued">devalued</a>" by the website as BookCrossing could lead to lower sales of books and, therefore, the reduction in <a href="/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalties</a> being paid to authors.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most BookCrossers dispute this argument, however. They claim that the website introduces readers to authors and genres that they have not read before, that the website encourages more people to take up or reclaim reading as a <a href="/wiki/Hobby" title="Hobby">hobby</a>, and that some members, having read a book that they have enjoyed, will buy extra copies to distribute through BookCrossing.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In March 2005, Caroline Martin, <a href="/wiki/Managing_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Managing director">managing director</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Publishers">publisher</a> Harper Press, said in a speech that "book publishing as a whole has its very own potential <a href="/wiki/Music_piracy#Arguments_over_legality" title="Music piracy">Napster crisis</a> in the growing practice of bookcrossing".<sup id="cite_ref-anov_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anov-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BookCrossers rebutted the link to Napster, saying that while music file sharing involves duplicating audio files countless times, BookCrossing doesn't involve duplicating books (and also does not involve violating copyright, as books can be sold or given away freely without permission of the publisher being needed; copyright, the intellectual property, still remains with the creator or publisher). </p><p>When BookCrossing was first launched, the founder of BookCrossing, Ron Hornbaker, originally wondered if people would make this comparison.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_prominent_book_crossers">List of prominent book crossers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BookCrossing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of prominent book crossers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bach" title="Richard Bach">Richard Bach</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._J._Ellory" title="R. J. Ellory">R. J. 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