Hey John, how did you get the inspiration for BookMooch?
I was on vacation and visiting a small town community center for a concert, and the entire entry area of the community center was filled with book shelves. There was a sign that said “leave a book, take a book” and people were browsing the collection, others were bringing boxes of books in, and still others were talking about books, recommending them to others. I loved the fun, friendly feeling that existed in that space, and I asked myself “could I recreate this feeling on the Internet?” When I went searching for book swaps, I did find other sites, but none that captured the camaraderie, friendship and, most of all, the love of books that this community center did. There was one other inspiration behind BookMooch. In the best-selling book “The Tipping Point,” the author writes extensively about a book titled “Lessons Learned from Sesame Street,” all about the process of making the first ever education TV show. I wanted to read this book, and given that it was so prominently quoted in
