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We want to know how you read!
Book Swaps for London has had the good fortune to have been partnered with the Masters in Service Design Course at the London College of Communication. The students there are doing some great research into how and what people read on public transport, and how book swaps in stations might work. They’re running a survey … Continue reading
We’re getting by with a little help from our friends! Who we’re partnering with
The tempo of our campaign is now really increasing. We’ve spent the last month meeting and talking with different groups around London and elsewhere and arranging possible partnerships. Hopefully our campaign around station book swaps can help them too. Here’s who we’ve been talking to:
Bookmachine interviews Book Swaps for London!
Last week the folks at Book Machine got in touch to do an interview with Chris from Book Swaps for London. They’ve very kindly let us re-post the interview, so check it out! Read the original article. Book Machine (BM): What prompted the idea for the book swap? CG: In early 2010 the Guardian ran … Continue reading
Book Swaps for London has 15,000 books to give away!
At the end of November, Book Swaps for London took delivery of 15,000 free books from a publisher that was unable to afford to store them for any longer. We had loads of help unloading them from a truck, and we eventually got them all into the top floor attic of OPEN Ealing. Once we … Continue reading
Update – Photos from London policy conference and make a date for Book Swapping in January!
Well things are proceeding briskly now here at Book Swap towers. After a promotional tweet from our new friends at the IPPR, we’ve had nearly 20 people register their interest with our Book Swaps for London survey (which you can still take). It’s becoming clear that a lot of Londoners (and people outside of London … Continue reading
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