BookMooch is a book-lending network recommended by Ted Ernst last night. Standard model: you earn points by sharing your books, and spend them by requesting books from others. Books are lent by mail, although Ted had an amusing story about an attempt to hand off a locally-lent book in person.
Mark Dilley wanted to see BookMooch integrated with Bookshelved wiki. I’d prefer an integration that made it easy to take a personal library or tagset from LibraryThing and post it for lending at BookMooch.
Update 2006 12 10: In a comment, John of BookMooch points out that LibraryThing integration already exists. Thanks!
ted ernst | 10-Dec-06 at 6:24 pm | Permalink
This isn’t lending, by the way. It’s giving. I don’t send a book back where I got it when I’m finished with it. It’s mine to keep, or I can re-listed it in my inventory for someone else to request.
John of BookMooch | 11-Dec-06 at 12:53 am | Permalink
” I’d prefer an integration that made it easy to take a personal library or tagset from LibraryThing and post it for lending at BookMooch.”
That’s already there, LibraryThing and BookMooch already integrate nicely. You can mooch books from LT as well as give away your own books from LT into BM. Check out Tim’s posting http://www.librarything.com/blog/2006/09/arrr-swap-books.php
There’s also a feature in BookMooch where books you receive on BookMooch are easily added to your LibraryThing inventory.
-john
Brian | 11-Dec-06 at 12:58 am | Permalink
Wow, thanks — that’s really great news. I admit to not keeping up with the LT blog, and in this case it’s definitely my loss. Thanks again!