WEBVTT - Host a book swap

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that if you love reading but hate clutter,

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<v Speaker 1>consider hosting a book swap. You can pass along some

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<v Speaker 1>good books to good new owners, and you may find

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<v Speaker 1>some new treasures yourself. Longtime listeners know that I am

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<v Speaker 1>a frequent library visitor. One upside of a library is

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<v Speaker 1>that after you are done with a book, you return

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<v Speaker 1>it so someone else can read it. The book gets

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<v Speaker 1>more use and the ideas spread to more people. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>with books we own, even if we enjoy them, most

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<v Speaker 1>likely we won't reread a title multiple times. We can

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<v Speaker 1>pass books along, but I know book lovers want to

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<v Speaker 1>know books they liked are being enjoyed. The rise of

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<v Speaker 1>all those little free libraries in people's yards is partly

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<v Speaker 1>about making sure books get a second life with people

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<v Speaker 1>who will appreciate them. But another approach to making sure

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<v Speaker 1>good books find good homes is to host a live

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<v Speaker 1>book swap. This has sort of the same premise as

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<v Speaker 1>a little free library. Everyone is welcome to give and

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<v Speaker 1>take books, but a book swap happens in real time,

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<v Speaker 1>so there is built in interaction. If you are hosting

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<v Speaker 1>the book swap, you could set up card tables and

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<v Speaker 1>label each table with a genre literary fiction, cookbooks, romance,

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<v Speaker 1>and so on. People could put the books they're giving

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<v Speaker 1>away into the appropriate place and browse the genres they

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<v Speaker 1>are looking for. People will likely talk about the books

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<v Speaker 1>as they are swapping, and so they're likely to end

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<v Speaker 1>up going home with books they like thanks to others recommendations.

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<v Speaker 1>Any books left behind after the swap can be donated

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<v Speaker 1>to the library or a school or goodwill. If this

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like a little more hosting and logistics than you

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<v Speaker 1>are up for, you could simplify and the next time

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<v Speaker 1>your book club gathers, just encourage everyone to bring any

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<v Speaker 1>books they want to give away. Then you can all

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<v Speaker 1>look through each other's book bags, take home any you want,

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<v Speaker 1>and someone makes a donation run for any books that

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<v Speaker 1>no one takes back. However large or simple, a book

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<v Speaker 1>swap can provide a great way for people to declutter,

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<v Speaker 1>to connect, and to get some new reads. So why

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<v Speaker 1>not give it a try. If you host a book swap,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear about it. You can reach me

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<v Speaker 1>at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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