An MN library style thing idea here, shoot me down in flames if not suitable!

[piffle]

My mum reads about 6 new release paperbacks a weeka dn gives them to me, I read and then send to second hand shops
What I thought was for the price of 2nd class postage (about 80p for paperback) I could send on to a Mn'er who wanted it, they then could advertise on the book title thread when they had read it and could send it on, I know Tescos sell them for £3.73 which is cheap and a library is free, but would anyone be up for this?
I have HUGE list of titles, good stuff to set up with and anyone coould donate?
Whaddya think
Am off to bed now but will look tomorrow and see what people think?

and three cheers for St george [cheering emoticon]

yes I'll be a librarian!
Thx to you St George for getting this up and running!!!
Yiipppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

It was piffle's idea, I just ran with it. Emailed MN HQ last week because I designed a book label using the MN logo and wanted permission to use it and the result was the library on here instead.

Yayyyyyyy. I seriously have to clear my book shelves now.

Cool well done to you both. I have a couple more to add but I will wait till it's up and running on here

Feel free to send my the details Munchkinola. If I can collate a lot of the info in advance of Tech getting the database up and running, then I will be able to get straight on with entering it all when he is ready.

Fabbo, SG - well done for getting it sorted so far! Will get a list of books together for you when I have collaborated with dh on what he is prepared to let go

Keep in mind that I will keep a record of the original owners so all books can be returned if anyone gets a hankering for them to come home. Think of it more as an extended holiday, rather than leaving for good

I want to join!

I'll join the yahoo group asap

so do you want a list of our books St george?

Yes please to lists of books. Anyone who wants to join the yahoo group to see what the format is like, feel free but please dont enter any more books to the database - just send details straight to me.

Thanks all.

Would an excel spreadsheet with the same headings as the Yahoo thingy be an ok format for me to send my book details? I'll get started on it today, but I can only do it while Branboy is sleeping so it'll probably be early next week before I have enough to be worth sending.

Sorry bran, missed this yesterday. Yes, Excel spreadsheet is fine

I don't have the patience to read the whole thread, but am I right in thinking that I can send a list of books I'm willing to loan, to SG, she will send me some labels for those books and there will be list of books available to borrow on MN ?

bensmum - yes

Tech is currently working on a database for the library, hopefully ready in a couple of weeks. Labels will also be available shortly.

To save you scrolling down again my email address is antlxstew @ yahoo.co.uk (remove spaces)

Thankyou, I'm away today until saturday, so will get a list sorted as soon as I get back.

I'm compiling my list to send too, am sorting out shelves etc
Yippeeee!

I tried to read through this thread but I have a wiggling DT on my lap.

Could you let me know what to do coz I wanna join in too please? I've got lots of books and if I know that my books will eventually return to me then brill. Also, DH will be glad that I'm not spending a fortune in the local bookshop.

Marslady, see bensmum3's question and Saint George's answer of 8th May - that puts it in a nutshell.

Email a list of any books you have available for loan to me Mars.

Need Author, Title, brief blurb on book if possible, Genre. Also paperback/hardback would be useful so I can estimate postage costs.

As soon as Tech has the database finished I will set to work loading all the books in and sorting out labels for all of the donations.

wonderful you! Thanks

SG - with the labels, could you make them into a downloadable image which we could print out and prittstick into our books? You could do a few on a sheet, perhaps. It would save you posting them out to everyone.

Thats how I planned it Miaou. Design will be finalised later but I thought a Word document template, set up for a standard label stock. Then people could print direct to self-adhesive labels or onto plain paper and use Pritt stick/sellotape.

Thank you for your post on other thread by the way, you beat me to it

Ah, I'm an old-fashioned girl at heart, SG, for "send" I read "post in an envelope through the mail"

I will happily use the good old snail mail to send out labels to any MNers who are printer-less.