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Utopia, but I may as well ask!

I'd like to see a "highlight old inventory" selection similar to the 'recent' book feed.
This would randomly select books that have been in inventories for say more than a year and highlight them in the same way as the 'recent' feed does. The advantage of doing this would be to draw attention to books that are languishing in inventories, and hopefully have them mooched. I suspect that many books that have been in inventories for a long time are there because they're not recent fiction, possibly even bordering on the obscure. These are the books that one doesn't go searching for, but which, if brought to the attention of the right person who has points to spare, will attract moochers.

The advantages would be:
- moving old inventory, therefore releasing points into circulation
- finding good homes for some books that may never return to BookMooch because they are a little specialised
- putting those books back into BM circulation when they've been read, keeping book turnover
- spending points

Utopia, but maybe worth looking at?

Jacquie

jacquie
10 years ago

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Yes, that is a good idea. I support it, too.
nonameblue
10 years ago
i think that sounds like a great idea :)
Britt
8 years ago
I'm still waiting for such a feature, or suggestions on how to highlight and move old inventory! It's frustrating to have books that are wishlisted but not being mooched. These books are likely to be removed from inventories and leave BM.
jacquie
7 years ago
Maybe an alternative to my suggestion would be simply for BM to send out wishlist information more frequently. People may have been notified in the past that a book was available but not acted on that notification, but might mooch if they received a new wishlist notification.

My suggestion is that an email be generated for all books in inventory for longer than three months and sent to everyone who has that book on their wishlist; this could be repeated say every three months.

jacquie
7 years ago

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