[afraidfortherepublic]

This is a great idea. I want one, but I live on a busy road where there are few walkers. There is also a video at the link.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wisconsin Free Library Ping

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[ExCTCitizen]

Remember Newhart? Newhart was when Bob was the Vermont innkeeper, anyway they show the library of the town - 10 books. I guess the town had a little free library.

[Explorer89]

Someone had a book swap box in the ladies’ restroom at work that I made plentiful use of. And for a higher tech version there is www.paperbackswap.com. I have been pretty happy with that, as well. You list the books you have that you are willing to part with, and if someone wants it, you mail it and get a credit, which can be redeemed for a book that YOU want. Pretty simple, and I was able to get some books that I wanted that were no longer available on amazon.

[Bobalu]

People are starting up free drive-in movies as well.

Just takes a cheap 20.00 FM transmitter to carry the audio to the radios in the cars, an LCD projector and a laptop with movies on it. One car puts the projector on the roof and aims at a white wall and everyone else in their cars can watch and hear the movie :-)

Great fun for the kids :-)

[reed13k]

I’m such a book hog, I’m afraid I would be the guy to ruin it for everyone else. I suppose I could depart with the few duplicates I have as starter seed, but those would soon run out as I retain others I wanted to keep....

I still have all my text books from college 25 years back, including the ones my roommate was going to toss ($100 books straight into the garbage sigh)

Only issue is that the wife is getting on me about space....sigh.

[fella]

This is kind of like the Free Bicycle thing that so many liberal towns have sunk money into, only to be surprised that all disappear in short order. They just can't grasp the idea that the ‘entitled’ when take everything you've got if you let them.

[Reeses]

low-tech and charming

I bet the intellectual property creators don't find it charming. This is just P2P file sharing using dead tree technology. Because they maintain a physical presence the lawyers will have little trouble shutting down their "servers" and seizing their inventory.

If you want book content, you should support the creators and pay for it. We're not in China where all intellectual content creators go bankrupt. Some fringe P2P has its benefits, but content sharing shouldn't be so easy the average customer does it.

We have to have laws that support content creators. They need to make a living.

[tioga]

Both my hairdresser and my doctor have Book Nooks Corners....bookshelves that have free books. Drop off your books, take some or whatever. I have been donating my book collection to these and our local library. I am strictly Nook/Kindle now. I have had both.

[urtax$@work]

im gonna build one in my neighborhood and have a little sign that reads:

"Funds for this Library donated by Haliburton Broadcasting Group"

seriously though, i benefited from a Carnegie library back in my shirt-tail days.