Talk:BookMooch

Conflict of interest

This entry is clearly written by the staff of the Web site it describes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.96.182 (talk)

The main author of the entry is a member of BookMooch, who improved an original, clearly inferior entry from the request of the site founder John Buckman. BookMooch staff - which basically means John Buckman and some volunteers - didn't write the entry. 91.153.203.125 17:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

That's still a pretty clear conflict of interest, and it is a concern. Note the above message was left back in May, so things have changed somewhat since then. But the article still reads far too much like an introduction to BookMooch rather than an encyclopedia entry, of interest to readers who are not connected with the site and want NPOV analysis of the organization. -- SiobhanHansa 19:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Preventing Fraud References

The citation needed in the Preventing Fraud section is this page: http://bookmooch.com/about/points 72.155.185.112 02:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've added it in. -- SiobhanHansa 13:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Notability

Here are two external references that have editorial oversight and could be referenced within the article to establish notability.

New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/business/media/15mooch.html

Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115879588172669481.html

The NYT article has several facts that could be cited -- 40,000 members, 300 new members per day, about 750,000 titles.

From the WSJ, perhaps "Sender is responsible for shipping costs" could be added to the "How it Works" section.

Here are some other potential references, but they may not meet the guidelines for acceptable sources.

Mark Flanagan's Literature: Contemporary Blog on About.com: http://contemporarylit.about.com/b/a/256489.htm

CNET News Blog: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-6104889-7.html

Mashable (social networking news blog that screens submissions): http://mashable.com/2007/10/05/bookmooch-updates/

twit.tv show about BookMooch: http://www.twit.tv/itn33

Jdmaloney 17:16, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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Info is out of date

The information on this article is so out of date that it may significantly misrepresent the current levels of activity and growth of BookMooch. Consensus on a couple of online writers' communities seems to be that BM has already peaked several years ago and is possibly in decline, mainly due to the level of trust or altruism required of members to remain active in the face of disproportionately low returns for their contributions.

Current info on membership numbers and growth is sorely needed. As is an NPOV section on its "Reception","Criticism" or "Achievements". yoyo (talk) 15:18, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps this should be deleted due to not being relevant. 73.230.205.178 (talk) 00:15, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

More recent article about BookMooch

A more upodate academic article was published about BookMooch here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345136260_When_is_money_not_a_currency_Developments_from_Finland_of_proto-community_currencies 91.154.169.156 (talk) 18:03, 24 February 2024 (UTC)