This swap was originally being hosted on BSL but I've relocated it here, I think it might be a little easier.
This one is a little different than the usual swaps so please read the description.


Any Genre is fine, there is a catch though. You must offer a book so good that someone steals it. If the book you offer doesn't get stolen then the player who ends up with your book has the option of looking at your shelf and naming a minium of 5 TBRS or AVLS, you must choose one and send it to them in place of the book you offered. (Of course the player may keep the book even if it didn't get stolen if they are happy with it.)


Check-in every 12 hours, (at least) if your going to be gone longer than 12 hours please post in the forum. It's not required, but if you'd like feel free to leave your reveal, or moves with other players.

If you know how to update, please do. When I work I'm usually gone for 10-12 hours so I love the help.

Here are the players so far that have signed up on BSL:
If you still want to play please confirm here. New players also welcome.

Confirmed
Apolonia
Aileen
Rebeccaljames
catsalive
candyisdandy
tutleymutley
morsecode
CheriePie
Nan1970
Krin511
BuyItFromBobbie
Lovemylife
Ellymae58
chronicbooker3
Kislany

confirming :)

Please let me play :please:

Oh, this one sounds neat. I'll play! Sign me up, pretty please!


ETA: Oh wait, maybe not. I have to take the car in tomorrow, and so I'll be away from home for part of the day, 'cause then I'm going shopping with my mom.

What to do what to do.... :huh:

ETA again: Okay, yes, I'll play. I found the perfect book! :whistle: I will probably just have to leave my reveal and/or moves (depending on the order) for the first part of the swap since I'll be gone...and then on Sunday too since I have a meetup.

confirming

Confirming

Confirming!

Confirming! :bananadance:

I'll figure out my reveal and send it out tonight before I go to bed

Could I play? I have to work tomorrow, but I'll leave my reveal and move with someone.

Okay since some peeps haven't played a game over here before, nor Aileen (hopefully she'll come over and play too since I'm gonna try to make it easy for y'all) -- I'm going to post a concrete example of how to prepare your reveal, using a book I used in the Best of 2006 swap earlier this year.

You'll compose and send this to a couple other people using your Inbox here on the forum, so that you can use the forum's italics, image, and html tags like so:

Just like when you're composing a forum message, you can view your PM before sending it. It's usually a good idea to send it to at least one other person who's in a different time zone from you, possibly even overseas, so that someone might be available to give your reveal if you're sleeping. :sleep:


To get an image to use, and this comes up on BookSwap Live as well, I find it easiest to use Amazon. Taking the above book as an example, I go to it's Amazon page and right click on the image.

UPDATE 31-MAR-2007: I've actually found it even easier to do the below steps using the image from the BookCrossing journal page instead. That way, if there's any of that extra "Search Inside" stuff attached to the image, it has already been stripped out for you! :D

From Firefox: From the right click menu, choose View Image. (Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking View Image to load in a new tab instead of the current one.)

To get rid of all that "Search Inside" stuff, remove BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_ from the URL in the address bar. After removing all that, hit Enter to verify the extra stuff is gone and you've got only the image. This is the URL you'll use in your description.

From Internet Explorer: From the right click menu, choose Properties. Next to Address (URL), you'll see an http address. Drag your mouse over that, making sure to scroll down so that you get it all (it should end in .jpg), or if you triple-click, it should select the entire field, including any parts you can't see. While it's still highlighed, press Ctrl-C to copy it to your clipboard. (Or you can right click on the highlighted text and choose Copy, but if you do this, make sure you don't left click first or the highlighted text will become unselected/no longer highlighted.)

Paste this copied URL into your browser address bar and manipulate it the same way as above, removing the BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_ part, and then hit enter to verify it looks right. This is the URL you'll use in your description.


The example I gave above is just a suggested format you might want to follow. Feel free to make it your own, include your own review, whatever you'd like...

Ask if you have any other questions... :D


EDITED TO ADD: Just in case this isn't obvious... if someone else sends you their reveal, you're not supposed to peek until you need to show it. :nono: :peek:

Oh I'd like to join this one!

Thanks :)

Nothing like jumping in with both feet Bobbie :lol: You fit right in with the rest of us :wink:

I'll play! :D

Off to send my reveal! :bananadance:

Ok I've updated the list, I'm still waiting to hear from a few more. I'll start us sometime tomorrow. It might not be till night because I want to give the others who signed up on BSL a chance to come over here. So we are still open if anyone else wants in.

Who wants my reveal, just in case it's needed tomorrow and I'm not around? :unsure:

you can send it to me. we were planning stuff for tomorrow originally but the snow has put a crimp in some of the plans so I might be around here most if not all of the day....

I'm sending my reveal to a few people, updating my sig, and then going to bed :zzz:

I've had a few games over here CheriePie - 2 ALS's, SSS, NFS & CR/CL - I think I've got the hang of it now. :waves:

Okay, I was thinking you didn't for some reason! :doh: You want my reveal?

Sure. :P I'll look after it as if it were my own.

I'd like to send mine to you also. Thanks. :waves:

Thanks CP!

Oh, Ok...Can I play too?

No problemo dahlin'. I was gonna send you mine as well... so I've got "west coast coverage" too. Not that I get to bed any earlier than any of y'all just cuz I'm 3 hours ahead...

And even though you won't be around tomorrow... I can only assume with all the stealing :pirate: going on, this game will last well into the week!! :woot2:

see y'all tomorrow

I will send my reveal to a few more people tomorrow, Im just to tired right now

Can I play too? :drool:

FOUND YOU!!!!!! :waves:

Here I am Apolonia and looking forward to playing. I'm sure you'll all be patient with me as I've not played on this site before but it seems a similar format to the bcuk extra site so I shouldn't be completely hopeless.

I assume books details are posted here among the chat - is that right?

Now to get my irresistable book (fingers crossed) so that I am ready to play, find a good avatar for my sig, etc.


Love your bunny avatar CheriePie!

Hi Candy! I'm glad you made it over!!! :waves:

I haven't swapped over in the BCUK forum but I believe you use a similar format over there, where it's all just done manually.

If you scroll up a bit, I gave an example of the info usually included with your reveal, basically the same stuff we'd enter over at BookSwap Live. The only thing that makes it a little harder here is we don't have a Rich Text Editor, so you have to place the codes for URLs, IMGs, etc. in your text manually, or use the code buttons above your post box to do so.

w00t w00t!! :woot: :woot2:


Heh, oh and re my bunny avatar... I know... isn't it just sooooo appropriate?? :giggle:

yup, though sometimes for large swaps we keep a separate reveal thread too, which makes it easier to look through what's available without scrolling through like 20 pages to find all the reveals. :D

Good morning
I'll be checking in periodically all day

Welcome Candy, glad to see you made it! It's pretty simple here, I'm sure you'll catch on quick. Plus everyone here is helpful.

I am going to start 2 new threads, one for reveals, and one for playing/chatting.

Dropping in to say hi!

I'm off to register more books...

Doing my usual peek :peek: