BCinDC & the 2011 Convention

Meetup: Ballston Mall

katekintail — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:12:31 +0000

On Saturday, January 28, 2012 BCinDC members met at the Ballston Mall food court to swap books and talk. We had so many members show up, we ended up acquiring table after table. There were some wrapped books that hadn’t made it to the holiday party, and we had fun reading the first lines & opening those. We also had a small army of members in convention shirts!

In attendance: 6of8 & coworker, authorauthor, beautyredefined, Firegirl, FURBALL, Ixion, KateKintail, lilbit_aj, LittleWhiteBird, LN569, melydia, SqueakyChu, and tiatia.
Many books found new homes with BCinDCers (and friend). Some will be wild released by BCinDCers, and some were taken to the OBCZ at the Sheraton.

2nd Annual Becky’s Hugs Release Challenge (Feb. 2012)

katekintail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:42:16 +0000

ResQgeek is hosting the 2nd annual release challenge in honor of his daughter, Becky. Find details about this year’s release challenge over at the BookCrossing Release Challenge Forum.

You can now get a link to buy labels or download & print your own labels for your books by visiting our Remembering Becky page.

And be sure to visit http://www.beckyshugs.com/ for the Becky’s Hugs Facebook page.

Article in Street Sense

katekintail — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:13:14 +0000

Street Sense, a Washington, D.C.-based biweekly street newspaper, featured an article about BookCrossing and BCinDC in the April 27, 2011 issue. Check out the great article here: Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

T-shirts, Magic Catch Dust, and Thank Yous– oh my!

katekintail — Sat, 14 May 2011 04:01:27 +0000

There are some t-shirts leftover after the convention that need good homes. Supplies, sizes, and colors are limited so it’s first-come, first-served. Check out the Convention Merchandise section of the How to Help page for a list of the shirts and sweatshirts available and how to order one (or more). If you already paid for a shirt but yours was one of the few in the original order that was missing, we’ll be contacting you (if we haven’t already) about sending you your shirt. The shirts only just arrived.

It’s been exactly one month since we last updated the convention fundraising meter and can officially report that, with your generous assistance, we made it to 84.4% by the end of the convention. We want to extend our gratitude to all of our amazingly generous Convention Sponsors who helped us out of serious debt. Thank you to everyone who registered for the convention, purchased extra Bally Bucks or apparel, participated in the hair dyeing fundraiser, or donated any amount. If you’d still like to donate, you’ll still get listed on our Thank You page. All money raised from this point forward will go toward the difference the fundraisers had to pay out of their pockets to the hotel.

If you’d like to get a little something back for your donation, you can donate using a special button and get a small bottle of magic catch dust (great for summer/winter gift-giving and it can even be personalized). Full details are on the How to Help page.

Convention Snarf Checklist

melydia — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:29:09 +0000

For those Markeroons who joined us on snarfari in downtown Washington and Alexandria, you might be having trouble remembering what all those buildings you visited were. If you would like a full list, please click here. If you have any difficulty downloading the PDF file, please email or PM us. Thanks!

Gaithersburg Book Festival

katekintail — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:06:47 +0000

You can expect some news, links, and photos from us regarding the convention and Kensington very soon. But until then, here’s a post about BCinDC’s upcoming table at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is scheduled (rain or shine) for Saturday, May 21, 2011, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. BCinDC will have an official tent where we will be able to distribute FREE books to all festival-goers. This is the second year in a row that the city of Gaitherburg has kindly invited us to join their festivities. It was great fun last year, and we’re determined to make this year’s festival even better.

All Bookcrossers are invited to attend. Whoever wants to man the tent is free to do so. You are under no obligation to remain in the tent the whole time, as there is so much else to do at the Festival. We will just congregate in the tent and explain the fun of BookCrossing to visiting festival-goers. The admission price to the fair is… FREE!!!

Mark your calendars now! If you have any questions about the festival, feel free to contact SqueakyChu by PM.

Please visit this page: http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/22/456260 and report in with the number of books you’ve pre-released to the festival, so we can get a good count. You can also send books to SqueakyChu, but they must arrive by May 14 so she has time to organize and box them up for the festival.

I was there!

katekintail — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:43:39 +0000

If you attended the convention, you might like to use some of the following graphics on your blogs, bookshelves, or profile pages:

2011 BookCrossing Convention Bonus Features – now on sale!

melydia — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:40:08 +0000

Bring home part of the convention with this exclusive DVD! Included:

Interviews with authors Paulo Bacigalupi, Supriya Bhatnagar, Ellen Booraem, Emma Bull, Karen Cushman, Chris D’Lacey, Laura Anne Gilman, Jack the Kitten, Sebastian Jones, Jon Fasman, Laura Klotz, Robert Krammes, Linda Raven Moore, Liza Palmer, Catherine M. Petrini, Jon Morgan Petrini, Mike Resnick, Dr. Lawrence Schoen, Rochelle Hollander Schwab, Will Shetterly, Jeri Smith-Ready, Maria V. Snyder, Christopher Stasheff, Leah Stewart, and Margaret Weis
BCinDC’s Bally Book becomes a Star: our entry in the BookCrossing Video Contest.
Behind the Scenes at Fairfax County Public Libraries
A Markeroni Primer for BookCrossers
And more!

Professionally edited by Eleanore Stasheff and featuring music by Binary Souls / Other Dimensions, this is one DVD you don’t want to miss!

Price Guide:

In person/at the convention: $2 cash or check
PayPal (USA; shipping included): $5
PayPal (int’l; shipping included): $8

The small print: PayPal prices include shipping. DVDs are only available in Region 1 format. All orders placed before the convention will be shipped on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. You do NOT have to be a BookCrosser to purchase (or enjoy) this DVD.

Please note: We are NOT making any money on this. Purchasing this DVD will not affect the fund meter on the convention website. If by some miracle we manage to cover our production costs, any profit will be given to those who so generously donated their time and resources. We are offering this one-of-a-kind feature because we love it and want to share it. We hope you love it too.

Last call for pre-convention fundraising

katekintail — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:10:41 +0000

The April 7 deadline for choosing hair colors has passed, but melydia is still hoping she’ll join us with colored hair for the convention. We’re making an exception to the rule and if we get to 80% by Wednesday, April 13, melydia will dye her hair the winning color (Let’s go Pink!)

The current total is almost 79%. So please donate today so melydia won’t feel left out and so the convention planning team won’t be stuck with a huge bill from the hotel.

http://www.bcindc.zoiks.org/?page_id=844

Tweeting about the Convention

katekintail — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:39:18 +0000

Are you getting ready to tweet about the 10th Anniversary BookCrossing Convention this upcoming week & weekend? If so, please use the special hashtag: #BCinDC so everyone can follow your tweets!

There is also a Facebook Event and a Flickr Photo Sharing Group.