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Show HN: Let's connect home libraries around the world
- damell 13y agoIs the book you are looking for too expensive or always unavailable in your local library? Would you like to save both money and nature and rather buy a used one? BiblioFair helps you find publications available for sale, donation or lending in home libraries located close to you! BiblioFair also allows you to share the best bits of your own home library with both friends and unknown fellow readers and find people that might benefit from those dusty books that only take up room on your shelves. Sign up at BiblioFair.com and check it out. It takes less than a minute and does not cost a dime. Let's get the books flowing!
- eitland 13y agoShows up in some kind of Eastern European language to me. (The Enlish translation is hidden behind a link called "Jazyk"). Tip: Make language selection obvious for people who doesn't know the language displayed.
- eponeponepon 13y ago"Keep a list of your material goods online"? This seems... less than wise.
- damell 13y agoWhere did you find that sentence? Landing page?
- chazu 13y agoI think he's paraphrasing/summarizing. I like the idea, myself, kind of like an orchestrated BookCrossing. I'm a little too fond of most of my books (especially the hard to find ones) to lend them out to friends let alone strangers, though. :)
- imsky 13y agoIs insurance provided for book loans? I know some people keep public library books forever and just renew them, how is this issue addressed?
- damell 13y agoIt's entirely up to users whether they trust each other, they set up a deposit or they can lend the books only to their friends