BookCrossing.com is worldwide community of book lovers who read and release their books into the world for others to find and enjoy.  These books can be tracked online on their journey around the world (or community).

What Do We Do?

Talk about books, exchange books, and gab.

When Do We Meet?

We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month.  Each month, you need to sign up at the BookCrossing Meet-Up site and vote for a meeting place.  If you have questions, leave a message on the Mini-Board.  

Set Up Your

 Sign in.  Links for your personal information will be on the left side of the page. 

1.  Edit Your Profile. Add information like who you are, what types of books you like, what you’ve read recently.  Upload a picture of yourself or something that is important to you. 

2.  Register your books.  Add any books that you can bear to part with.  If you can’t bear to part with any, that’s okay.  Your bookshelf will start to fill up when you start receiving books.  Be sure to make a journal entry to let others know about the book and  how it affected your life.

3.  Upload Journal Entry Pictures.  Add a picture of your hometown, a picture of the author, or a picture that illustrates your journal entry. 

4.  Edit Book Details.  After your shelf gets fuller, you may want to go back into your journal entries and add symbols in front of book titles to help others to sort your bookshelf easier:  @=available for trade, BR=book ring, TBR=to be read, etc. 

Make a

 BookCrossers are some of the most giving people in the world.  If you want to start meeting other BookCrossers and get an amazing number of free books in the mail, then make a wishlist.

1.  Go to the Wishlist Website.

2.  Make a Wish.  List your Book Crossing screen name, e-mail address, title of book you want, and author of book you want.  Don’t be shy with the number of books! 

3. Set up an exchange. Fulfill someone else’s wish or just sit back and wait for people to private message (PM) you to eagerly fulfill your wish.  You’ll need to give them your snail mail address.  You can also offer to exchange a book with them if you would like to.  Send your exchange by Media Mail; it’s much cheaper.

4. Put a Link to Your Wishlist on Your Profile.  This allows others surfing through BookCrossing to see what you’re wishing for.  If you would like to do this, the code is available here.

Simply

Search online for books that you would like to "catch" from other BookCrossers in Tulsa, in the USA, or around the world.  To do this, you will need to follow the following procedure:      

1.  Search for the book that you would like to "catch".

2.  Check the Journal Entry journal entry for the book you are interested in.  Make sure that it's not "in the wild" or promised to someone else.

3.  Click on the name of the BookCrossing member that has the book to access their online Bookshelf.

4.  Request the book by sending the BookCrosser a "private message" (PM).

5.  Offer to exchange something from your own bookshelf or ask if they would be willing to give it to you as a Random Act of BookCrossing Kindness (RABK).

Other Ways to 

Surf the BookCrossing website and familiarize yourself with all the various components of BookCrossing.  Here are just a few ways to use it to your advantage.     

1.  Release Books Around Town.  Make a journal entry online, print labels to put inside, and make release notes.  It’s often helpful to put a sticky note on the front that says “free book” so that the book doesn’t end up in lost-and-found.    

2.  Exchange Books at Local Meetups.                 Don’t forget to sign up for a Meetup each month and bring books  to exchange at the Meet-Up Website.

3.  Go Hunting for Books Around Tulsa.  Find out what books are still “in the wild” and go on a scavenger hunt.   

4.  Use the book box at   Tulsa's Official BookCrossing Zone.  Exchange books at the Internet Café at 61^st & Memorial. 

Set Up A

BookRing:  Want to share a great book but don’t want to part with it forever?  Set up a BookRing to go “around the world” and come back to you by setting up an ordered list of the screen names of the people set to receive the book (ending with yours).  Click here to see an example of how to set up a BookRing.

BookRay:  If you want to keep the book moving onward and away from you for infinity, set the book up as a BookRay instead.

BookBox:  Send out a box of books.  Each person in the ring will take as many books as they want, but they have to put that many in the box.  When the box gets back to you, you should have an entirely new box of books to add to your collection.

Method #1: 

Post a message at the  BookRings, BookRays, & BookBoxes Forum.  People who are interested in being a part of your BookRing, BookRay, or BookBox will PM you.  OR see how it's done by joining a BookRing, BookRay, or BookBox listed there. 

Method #2: 

If you have a book that a lot of people have wished for on the BookCrossing WishList, send a PM to the people who would like to read it.