How about some "book crossing"?

Just read an interesting article in City Weekend:

Breeding Book Crossers

January 05, 2006 -

The cafes, libraries, airports and parks of China's cities are soon to become flooded with literary flotsam as book crossing starts to grip the country. The primary commandment of book crossing - "to release books into the wild" - sounds uncannily like a campaign launched by a guerrilla literary liberation front, however its roots are undeniably apolitical. Although it involves all the stealth of a guerrilla campaign, the political undertones are notably absent. Last month, however, authorities hijacked this popular past-time by releasing over twenty thousand historical, educational and political books into public places throughout the Putuo district in Shanghai. Whether this will have any affect on the population of book crossers is yet to be seen, however, it may help to rouse China's sleepy book crossing community. Currently, China is home to nearly three thousand book crossers who both release and hunt books, however, in some parts of the country the book crossing community is woefully inactive. Those people wanting to share their books, log onto the website (www.bookcrossing.com), register their book, label it and then release it into a public place, so that booklovers can enjoy their spoils. On the website, liberators can indicate when and where they are planning to release their book, so hunters can be ready and waiting. Indeed, it seems to be easier said than done – China, it seems, is an inhospitable place for nomadic books. Vigilant waitresses, waiters and service staff are unconsciously sabotaging the movement, by promptly removing the books from public places. Newly arrived book crossers let out a collective moan when they discovered this trait, however fortunately, most of them have discovered restaurants where the wait staff are half-lidded, or better yet, half asleep.

If you are interested in hunting down a book, or you want to release a book, then visit the book crossing website at www.bookcrossing.com.