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BookCrossing
BookCrossing (also BC, BCing or BXing) is defined as "the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise." The term is derived from bookcrossing.com, a free online book club which was founded to encourage the practice, aiming to "make the whole world a library."
The 'crossing' or exchanging of books may take any of a number of forms, including wild-releasing books in public, direct swaps with other members of the websites, or "book rings" in which books travel in a set order to participants who want to read a certain book. The community aspect of BookCrossing.com has grown and expanded in ways that were not expected at the outset, in the form of blog or forum discussions, mailing lists and annual conventions throughout the world.
==History==
Ron Hornbaker conceived the idea for what is now known as BookCrossing in late March 2001. Along with business partners and co-founders Bruce and Heather Pedersen,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BookCrossing.com Management )〕 BookCrossing.com was developed and then deployed on April 21, 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BookCrossing.com FAQs )〕 Since then, it has expanded and grown throughout the world. By April 2003 the website had over 113,000 members, and in 2004 the ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' included the word "bookcrossing". In the same year, BookCrossing was featured as a part of a storyline in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. In the same year, BookCrossing had good start in Croatia too, thanks to Velimir Schubert. As of 23 July 2010, Bookcrossing.com had over 871,000 members, with over 6,427,000 registered books. By March 2012, membership exceeded 1,000,000 and the registered book count exceeded 8,500,000. By May 2013, there were 1,855,000 members and 9,710,000 books registered.(). By August 2015, there were over 1,400,000 members and over 11,000,000 books travelling through 132 countries. 〔http://www.bookcrossing.com/about〕
In July 2007 Singapore became the first official BookCrossing country in the world. In an initiative launched together with the National Library of Singapore, 2,000 locations within the country were designated as 'hotspots', similar to Official BookCrossing Zones. In 2008, BookCrossing was introduced to Abu Dhabi as part of a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage. In 2010. BookCrossing Zones were introduced in Serbia.〔http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?nav_category=272?yyyy=2010&mm=12&dd=28&nav_id=482366〕
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