Guide Note:

BookCrossing, is the practice of leaving a book in a public place so as to be picked up and read by others, who then, hopefully, continue the cycle by doing the same thing. This new phenomenon originated with the website, BookCrossing.com. It was created by Ron Habaker who thought of the idea in 2001 and launched a webiste in the same year.

Fast Facts:

1. 130 countries participate
2. Maintained by the Humankind Systems, Inc.
3. Created by Ron Hornbaker
4. BookCrossing conceived in March 2001
5. Inspired by: PhotoTag.org and WheresGeorge.com
6. The word "BookCrossing" has been admitted into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary
7. More than 4.4 million books have been registered
8. Also referred to as BC, BCing or BXing
9. First foreign nation to participate, Singapore
10. Won the "People's Voice" award at the 2005 Webby Awards