Thoughts on how to Share or Swap Books?

Most hospitals have a charity shop run by Friends of the Hospital and I donated some books to them last week.

From March last year we had a box of books by our front gate.
It became a local hot spot.
People donated books, we had around 500 books change hands.
I started with around 25 books and it just grew.
People loved it.
I only put it out in good weather but last spring/ summer was good.

A lady in our village did this during the first lockdown in the good weather . A simple large lidded plastic crate on her drive , advertised on the village Facebook page plus a sign stuck on her fence . Swap, take or leave .

We have a small community orchard where we live and it has an enclosed book exchange just inside the gate. (For ages I thought it was some kind of weather station!). No money required and you can leave a book for one you take or not, or leave any you don’t want. I’ve picked up a couple of books I have been wanting to read recently - brought them home, wiped them over and quarantined them in the garage for a week!

There are several book swops in disused telephone boxes in villages near me

Our village post office has a small book swap area. No money involved.

I put mine on a free things local Facebook site, they just go.

Our Tesco book swap was got rid of when COVID arrived it was great for donating or adopting.

We have a set of covered shelves near our church gate where there are books and other things. Do you have a church/community centre where something similar could be set up?

Before we had the shelves we had a lidded plastic box for books inside the building. Maybe a box like that by your gate, with a big label on, would be sufficient.

Our local supermarkets have a table were books can be given and taken and a small donation put in the charity tin.