The Sharing Shelf

There are hundreds of books sitting unread within a few doors of you — finished novels, outgrown children’s books, cookbooks nobody opens any more. The Sharing Shelf turns those private bookshelves into one shared library that your community runs itself. HOW IT WORKS Join with your community’s code. That code is what decides who can see your books and whose books you can see — there is no public, open shelf. Add your books by photographing them. Point your camera at a shelf and the app reads the spines, identifies each title and author, and fills in the covers and descriptions for you. A shelf of thirty books takes a couple of minutes, not an evening of typing. Choose what to share, book by book. Lend it, give it away, or keep it private so nobody sees it at all. You can change your mind at any time, including while a book is out on loan. Browse the community shelf and borrow. Ask a…