Due to public demand, we have a new section, Free Books!  If you wish to give books away for whatever reason, perhaps you feel they're too shabby to swap, perhaps you are moving home, perhaps you have received a box of books and wish to share, feel free to post your lists here. 

Guidelines for this section:

• Members may only ask for the exact cost of postage, not for any additional costs for packaging etc.  If possible you should check in advance how much the postage is likely to be by using the Royal Mail's price finder service (RM Price Finder).
  
  
• If you are interested in any of the books offered in this section, in addition to expressing your interest on the relevant thread please contact the other member via PM or email (use the Contact button on the toolbar in their post) to give them your details, and to ask where you should send your postage.
  
  
• Postage should be paid for either in the form of stamps sent to the offerer, or in the form of a prepaid online postage label, addressed to yourself, which you can email to the person offering the books.  (Don't forget that these labels expire at midnight on the next business day after you've paid for it, so must be emailed immediately!)  Please check with the person offering the book what form they would prefer to receive postage costs in. 
  
  
• Members requesting free books should not expect books to be sent out before the other user has received their postage payment.
  
  
• Please don't forget to acknowledge receipt when the book arrives, via either a quick thank you post in the From Me to You section, or a PM or email.
  
  
• Do not include personal information such as postal or email addresses on the thread.  You can contact members by clicking "Contact" above their posts which gives you links to either send a Private Message or Email and you can send private information that way.

Finally, please note this section is for books you are offering for postage etc.  Please post threads about books you're trying to get hold of in the Please Help Me Find.... section of the forums

Can i just remind people that if they request a free book they honour their side of the deal and send the stamps owed. I have had 2 books which i sent and was promised stamps for - however after i sent the book i was unable to get hold of the person to even find out if they recieved the book ok, let alone find out where the stamps are!

Maybe i should have got it weighed first - waited for the stamps and stuck them on their parcel! I dont mean to sound tight but all those £1.52's add up if noone paid.

Thanks though to al the lovelys who always keep to there side of the deal! hehe

Sorry moan out of system now!

WOW! This is all new to me, what a GREAT idea. Will get my lists ready to put on this site.

Kathy

Hello

I've got a couple of books which are registered via Bookcrossing but would prefer to send these out via Risi. Would it be breaking the rules to ask that the recipient uses the Bookcrossing site and adds a journal entry?

Guidance please!!

Fran

fmrobinson:

Hello

 

I've got a couple of books which are registered via Bookcrossing but would prefer to send these out via Risi. Would it be breaking the rules to ask that the recipient uses the Bookcrossing site and adds a journal entry?

 

Guidance please!!

 

Fran

Hi Fran

I assume these are books you'd like to swap, in which case that's absolutely fine - there are plenty of bookcrossing-registered books up for swap on here.  However, I know a lot of people don't really want to be bothered with going into the Bookcrossing site to journal them (I'm one of them I'm afraid) and for this reason some people would rather not swap with Bookcrossing books. Some people may also object to the label inside, especially if they want to keep the book, so do always state in your description that it is a bookcrossing book with label etc. 

pennyt:

fmrobinson:

Hello

I've got a couple of books which are registered via Bookcrossing but would prefer to send these out via Risi. Would it be breaking the rules to ask that the recipient uses the Bookcrossing site and adds a journal entry?

Hi Fran

... a lot of people don't really want to be bothered with going into the Bookcrossing site to journal them (I'm one of them I'm afraid) and for this reason some people would rather not swap with Bookcrossing books. Some people may also object to the label inside, especially if they want to keep the book, so do always state in your description that it is a bookcrossing book with label etc. 

That's a pity as it kinda breaks the book's journey log and you don't have to write much, just the ID number, tick a box and a couple of words, but of course it's your book to do with as you please.  
I agree about mentioning it's got the label, then swappers can make that choice but I can't understand why someone would rip out the label before passing it on.  Not only does the next person get a tattified book, but they might be a BookCrosser or someone who would make a journal entry so the travel log can continue.

I released a book via bookcrossing and when it was next journalled, it had been to Marrakesh and back. I love reading where my released books go to! Unfortunately they don't always get logged again.

I've only ever had one.... I registered on bookcrossing, got a name, and when I released the book in question I was so chuffed....exept that since I let it go in March, there has been no sign of it ever since - boohoo [:'(]

If you offer some books for free and someone says they would like them, is it ok to go and have a look at their books and see if there's one you could swap to save them sending you postage?

 Or is that not how it works?

 Thanks!

Kheeliwotsit:

If you offer some books for free and someone says they would like them, is it ok to go and have a look at their books and see if there's one you could swap to save them sending you postage?

 Or is that not how it works?

 Thanks!

I don't think there's anything at all wrong with that - in fact, it's ideal if you can sort out a swap.  However, people should bear in mind that the books people list as "free" are often books they feel may be a bit old and battered to swap. 

SephieG:

pennyt:

fmrobinson:

Hello

I've got a couple of books which are registered via Bookcrossing but would prefer to send these out via Risi. Would it be breaking the rules to ask that the recipient uses the Bookcrossing site and adds a journal entry?

Hi Fran

... a lot of people don't really want to be bothered with going into the Bookcrossing site to journal them (I'm one of them I'm afraid) and for this reason some people would rather not swap with Bookcrossing books. Some people may also object to the label inside, especially if they want to keep the book, so do always state in your description that it is a bookcrossing book with label etc. 

That's a pity as it kinda breaks the book's journey log and you don't have to write much, just the ID number, tick a box and a couple of words, but of course it's your book to do with as you please.  
I agree about mentioning it's got the label, then swappers can make that choice but I can't understand why someone would rip out the label before passing it on.  Not only does the next person get a tattified book, but they might be a BookCrosser or someone who would make a journal entry so the travel log can continue.

I recently joined BookCrossing but don't like the idea of sticking labels in all my books, so have just written "BookCrossing ID" and then the number on the second page in pencil. I thought this would be suitable when swapping them on RiSi so that if the other person wants to keep the book and doesn't want to swap it on then they can just rub the ID out. Does this sound like a good idea? I know it's not completely what you're meant to do with BookCrossing books, but I'm making a compromise so that the books can be swapped AND BookCrossed.. I do like the idea of logging a books journey, but I don't like the idea of writing in books!

I also completely forgot to update my book descriptions on here and someone just asked for a swap. I put a little note in saying sorry for not mentioning the BookCrossing ID, but that it's in pencil so if they don't want to log its journey then they can just rub it out. The book's condition was Acceptable anyway, so I'm hoping she doesn't mind...