How it works
Have you ever got a book from the library or a friend and thought, “I wonder where this book’s been?” That question is the inspiration behind the new IMCPL teen program,
“Pass the Book!”
Starting October 2nd, we’re going to hand out free, specially tagged copies of young adult author John Green’s three books, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns. You can get your copy by going to the 1st Friday @ the Curve event, “Slideshow Sideshow,” at Central Library on Friday, October 2, or by visiting your neighborhood library branch starting October 3rd.
After you get a copy, you will do three things:
- First, visit the “Pass the Book” website, www.imcpl.org/pass to register your copy. When you register the book you’ll be given the option to leave a comment and upload a photo of the book.
- Second, of course, read the book.
- And third, when you’re done, pass the book on to someone else with instructions to do the same: Log it in, read it and Pass it On!
So…basically bookcrossing?
Hi Runa,
Thank you for the comment! You are absolutely right, Pass the Book is
similar to Book Crossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com ), as well as ReaderGirlz Operation Teen Book Drop (http://www.readergirlz.com/tbd.html ) and in basic concept it’s even similar to the Where’s George program (http://www.wheresgeorge.com ). What is different about this program is the focus on Indianapolis based YA author John Green and the widespread popularity of his three books.
Because of a generous grant from the Indianapolis Library Foundation Fund, we were able to purchase multiple copies of John Green’s three books and distribute them throughout the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library system. It will be fascinating to see where these books end up, maybe even beyond the greater Indianapolis area!
So exciting!
It’s wonderful to know that someone in Charlottesville, VA is aware of our program! You never know, maybe a Pass the Book book will end up in your neck of the woods. Thanks again for the comment!
Sally
This makes me want to live in Indianapolis. Actually, the fact that John Green lives there makes me want to live there
I wish I could participate! Good luck with the program!
Get a book to Denmark… Now!
I want to start Pass The Book at my library now!
(Pinellas Park, Florida)
Good luck with the program! I hope that it gets a lot of new readers for John’s books. They’re really amazing (:
I’m going on vacation to Italy and want to pass my book along there. Can we only post US zip codes?
@erin – Believe it or not, you’re not the first person to ask that question this week. We’re working on an enhancement that would allow users to enter international addresses. Actually, Google does all the work but we still need to roll the feature into the system. If, when you’re ready to log in your book, the feature is still not available, send me an email at passthebook@imcpl.org and we’ll make arrangements to get it into the system.
Oh, the places we’ll go! It’s sunny outside where’s Cher?
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