Oh, no, it's not a big deal at all. My friend who introduced me to BookCrossing, yvensong, has set up hers in the Zone Cafe in Reno, mine is at Keva Juice in Carson City.
All I did is introduce myself to the manager, summarize what bookcrossing is, hand her a flyer from the Press Release page of BookCrossing, and ask that they let us maintain a labeled box on the little table in the corner. She asked a couple of questions and I answered them to her satisfaction, and she said "let's try it" and now every time I go in she reports that people are looking in the box. (I do buy a Keva Juice smoothie almost every time I go in. :) I assume yvensong did something similar. You would adapt the strategy to your particular strengths as a "salesman" - perhaps leaving a more complete "brochure" of BookCrossing information with the manager. Maybe you'd make an appointment to speak with him or her. I did it just be walking in because I didn't want to make it a Big Deal - but then I was careful to choose a time when she wasn't likely to have a line of customers. Just pick a place where you go regularly, where the customers have a moment while waiting for their turn or their order to look at your box, and where the staff will respect your box and not put it on the floor cuz now they decided they need that table or shelf.... :) I wonder if anyone has put one in a barber shop or beauty salon or waiting room at an auto repair place.... I'm still working out the details of my strategy to maintain the OBCZ - my most significant remaining difficulty is figuring out how to get those who are "catching" the books to become contributors (but I'm sure that's a common difficulty). But I think I have enough of a handle on it to answer any further questions you may have - I hope you go for it and let us know how you did it and where it is! LLR Cheryl --- Todd Vazquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean when you say you set up your > own OBCZ? Do you own a > business, or did you set it up some other way? Cheryl Share books, share fun! See: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/cherylllr Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
