2026-05-09 03:58 UTC
Replies (39)
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@lindasgoluppiart@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-09 05:47
@LeoKirke@retro.social I don't have those books but I've have a memory of seeing a Kahil Gibrn book in a secondhand bookshop in Northampton - Heyford Books in Kettering Road (I think tthey have a website.)
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@claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social 2026-05-09 04:00
@LeoKirke@retro.social Did you look for a #BookSwap hashtag, perchance?
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@Da_Gut@dice.camp 2026-05-09 04:04
@LeoKirke@retro.social tagging this with books #, or sending it to bookstodon might get better results
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@cyno@novo-atlantis.null.media 2026-05-09 04:05
@LeoKirke@retro.social i wish there was
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@Da_Gut@dice.camp 2026-05-09 04:06
@LeoKirke@retro.social @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social These ideas appear very #solarpunk
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@Beiz@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 04:16
@LeoKirke@retro.social this sounds like a fun idea. tag it and bag it!
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@RevXenoFact@dobbs.town 2026-05-09 04:21
@LeoKirke@retro.social maybe start a #BookSwap tag?
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@justin@mastodon.tacoma.community 2026-05-09 04:23
@LeoKirke@retro.social I don't know either but if not I think its a great idea!
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@umbeebmu@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-09 04:26
@LeoKirke@retro.social interesting idea. I usually do not sell my books but soon I will have to empty my parents house which is full of books, and I do not want to throw them away...
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@ygor@floss.social 2026-05-09 04:47
@LeoKirke@retro.social Take a look at @inventaire@mamot.fr
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@sharan@metalhead.club 2026-05-09 05:16
@LeoKirke@retro.social i fear that shipping from my place would be over the top. I once wanted to send a CD to USA, they asked for 15 euros. At that time, it was the price of 3 CDs. 🤮
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@triple@typo.social 2026-05-09 05:51
@LeoKirke@retro.social I totally plan on using the fediverse for book swapping, just as you describe it. By using @inventaire@mamot.fr, among other things. My profile, there @triple@inventaire.io
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@Pomegranatepirate@kolektiva.social 2026-05-09 06:23
@LeoKirke@retro.social internet archive has borrowable and downloadable versions of sand and foam this is just one. https://archive.org/details/sandfoam0000kahl_g4m6
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@draNgNon@hachyderm.io 2026-05-09 06:25
@LeoKirke@retro.social that's a great idea
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@connynasch@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 06:26
@LeoKirke@retro.social where do you live?
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@lyrial@transfem.social 2026-05-09 07:41
@LeoKirke@retro.social #booktrade maybe?
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@SamanthaJaneSmith@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-09 07:52
@LeoKirke@retro.social If there isn't, there should be....
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@spiegelmama@infosec.exchange 2026-05-09 08:00
@LeoKirke@retro.social I'll check my shelves. You seem like you're in the U.S. - location might be an important point for shipping (I can say as someone who has paid more in shipping than for the art I bought from Europe).
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@pwloftus@pwl.farted.net 2026-05-09 08:07
@LeoKirke@retro.social https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Kahlil+Gibran Digital free - not seeing "Sand & Foam"
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@kawunngg@chaos.social 2026-05-09 08:24
@LeoKirke@retro.social maybe https://bookmooch.com/m/browse is still alive? #BookMooch #bookstodon #bookSwap
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@hamishtpb@mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk 2026-05-09 08:44
@LeoKirke@retro.social You can always search for a hashtag or start one! 😀
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@mpotter@social.coop 2026-05-09 09:24
@LeoKirke@retro.social This sounds a lot like Book Crossing. They're even on Mastodon these days. https://www.bookcrossing.com/
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 10:04
@LeoKirke@retro.social oh wow what a cool idea!!!
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@annehargreaves@ioc.exchange 2026-05-09 12:18
@LeoKirke@retro.social Nice idea but shipping cost might kill it.
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@yala@degrowth.social 2026-05-09 14:24
Could that maybe be a use case for @inventaire@mamot.fr + #flohmarkt @grindhold@23.social, eventually including some kind of integration where selected Inventaire items can be offered for swapping in an interoperable way? Other offer-request networks may integrate in a way that they can understand which kind of exchange modality is expected other than buying, like lending, the said swapping or gifting. Thinking about #valueflows @Bonfire @karrot@fosstodon.org and if @nick@bath.social @liaizon@social.wake.st have ideas. via @LeoKirke@retro.social @catmisgivings@stranger.social
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@sharan@metalhead.club 2026-05-09 14:47
@msbellows@c.im @viq@social.hackerspace.pl @LeoKirke@retro.social never heard of that discount.
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@viq@social.hackerspace.pl 2026-05-09 14:54
@msbellows@c.im @sharan@metalhead.club @LeoKirke@retro.social "Quickly navigate to a site I know does courier services. Does not have USA on list of destinations. Open another one. Does have USA on list. Look at price of sending envelope sized package." was the extent of my investigation 🤷
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@openrisk@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 15:01
@LeoKirke@retro.social #bookwyrm instances might be the natural place to organize this (see e.g., https://bookwyrm.social). Some new functionality: I've read / this book and now looking to swap etc. Instances are supposed to federate via activitypub: https://docs.joinbookwyrm.com/federation.html No idea how this platform / community is doing these days but it always seemed to me like a wholesome initiative that can differentiate the fediverse from classic adtech social in good ways.
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@viq@social.hackerspace.pl 2026-05-09 15:10
@msbellows@c.im @sharan@metalhead.club @LeoKirke@retro.social Poland.
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@ljwrites@writeout.ink 2026-05-09 15:20
@LeoKirke@retro.social Instance name checks out (sorry I don't have anything helpful to add, I just squeed at the Gibran mention and I love old books)
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@kirch@tilde.zone 2026-05-09 18:54
@LeoKirke@retro.social I'm sorry, I wish I was willing to give up my copies, but I haven't read them yet, I got a spare of The Prophet though 😭 ... Would love to trade books (especially ones with Marginalia)
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@uxMark@cosocial.ca 2026-05-09 20:08
@LeoKirke@retro.social Not what you asked for at all, but here’s an account that’s adjacent and kind of fun 😀📚❤️ @bookcorners@mastodon.social
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@Zekovski@pouet.chapril.org 2026-05-09 20:28
@LeoKirke@retro.social Maybe take a look at https://inventaire.io/ ? @inventaire@mamot.fr
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@Moss@beige.party 2026-05-09 20:57
@LeoKirke@retro.social I don’t have the titles you’re looking for, but I have this one:
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@Bwacton@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 21:36
@LeoKirke@retro.social if it isn’t a thing, I think you started something.
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@Cornellbox@a2mi.social 2026-05-09 23:03
@LeoKirke@retro.social BookMooch was a thing for a couple decades, and I swapped a good number of books through that system for many years. But, it seemed to decline over time, though the site still seems to be there. https://bookmooch.com (No copies of "Sand & Foam" available, though it recognizes the title. Almost all of the Khalil Gibran titles that were available seemed to be in Italian.) Not sure anything organized like that exists in the Fediverse, but your inquiry is perhaps the way to go.
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@rothko@beige.party 2026-05-10 01:01
@msbellows@c.im @viq@social.hackerspace.pl @sharan@metalhead.club @LeoKirke@retro.social media mail rate only applies to domestic
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@jamessan@mstdn.io 2026-05-10 13:01
@LeoKirke@retro.social Sounds like https://bookmooch.com/. I used to use that a lot. Not sure how active it is now.
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@mistergibson@turtleisland.social 2026-05-15 11:45
@LeoKirke@retro.social I use https://alibris.com/ for out of print books.