ONE WAY TO SWAP BOOKS ONLINE

Here is an online book swap service: ReadItSwapIt, a UK innovation.

How do you swap books via this system? 
The swap process works in the same way that you'd normally swap something. You find something you like, you ask to swap, another ReadItSwapIt members chooses something of yours and you exchange the goods. The only difference with ReadItSwapIt is that the swaps are done over the internet.

Step 1 - You select the book that you would like from The Library. Many books are available from more than one person, so choose the person you like the look of. Click 'Swap with this member'.

Step 2 - The ReadItSwapIt member who owns that book receives an email saying that you want to swap.

Step 3 - The other user logs onto the site and views your list of books. If this user finds one that he or she likes, he or she will confirm the swap. He or she can also reject the swap request at this point. If the swap is confirmed, the other user will be able to see your postal address.

Step 4 - You will receive an email saying the swap has been confirmed, along with the address to which you need to post the book.

Step 5 - When the books are received, each person logs on to say they have received the book and they rate the other person.

Is there a limit to the number of books requested?
Yes, the number of books you can request from other users depends on the amount of positive feedback you have from other users. This is a security measure put in place to prevent abuse by users who do not have much feedback – a little like libraries which prevent you from borrowing lots of books the first time you go there.
Check it out here: http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/Questions.aspx?Section=Swappingbooks

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FEELING RUSTY?

Here's something weird.

Blood is not all that different to rust.

From the book E=MC2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis, Page 244:
"[Laurent] Lavoisier...became the founder of modern biology, by opening up the basics of physiology. Human blood, for example, is mostly water, and if you ever try to mix oxygen into water, not a great deal will stay there. But if you scatter some finely ground-up iron filings into the water, then oxygen you pump in will stick to that iron just as it did in his lab. (Each iron fragment quickly starts rusting, and in doing so pulls in a great number of oxygen molecules, making them stick. The result is the iron-rich water can hold onto a lot of oxygen [and supply it where it is needed around the body].) This is how blood works: it's red for the same reason that the iron-rich clay soil of Georgia is red."

This, and other fascinating stuff about science, can be found in this book.
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Originally posted here: http://theadoxistsociety.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html

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