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Read it. Drop it.
Let it wander.

Finish a book. Leave it somewhere in the world — a coffee shop in Tromsø, a bar in Porto, a library entrance in Tokyo. Pin it. Tell the next reader your story.

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Drop a book
Stoner
John Williams
📍 Risø Coffee, Tromsø
"Dark outside, warm in here. One of the best I've ever read."
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Book's journey
Porto → Madrid → Paris → Tromsø
How it works

Three things. That's it.

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Finish a book

Scan the barcode or search the title. Write a note — where you were, what you felt, why it mattered. This is the part that makes it human.

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Drop it somewhere

Leave it in a coffee shop, a bar, a hostel, a library entrance. Your GPS location pins it on the map. Walk away. Let it find its next reader.

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Watch it travel

Every new reader adds a stop. Porto → Madrid → Paris → Tromsø. The book builds a life of its own. You can follow it forever.

The journey

Every book becomes a story within a story.

A single paperback, left on a bench in Porto in February, has already passed through four pairs of hands, crossed three borders, and collected four human moments. Scans, ratings, and handwritten notes preserved forever — a living biography of a well-loved book.

Inside every copy: a QR code. Scan it and see everywhere it's ever been.

📖 Travelling book
Stoner
John Williams · 1965
4Readers
3Countries
14moTravelling
📍 Porto, Portugal
"Found at a hostel. Cried on the train to Madrid."
📍 Madrid, Spain
"Left near Retiro. Hope someone finds it on a Sunday."
📍 Paris, France
"Someone underlined p.142. I understand why."
📍 Tromsø, Norway
"Northern lights forecast tonight."
Features

Built for readers who move.

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Barcode scan

Point your camera at any book. ISBN recognised instantly, cover and details auto-populated. No typing.

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Live world map

Every dropped book appears as a pin on a global map. Find one near you, wherever you are in the world.

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Journey tracking

Follow a single book across continents. Every reader adds a stop, a note, a human moment.

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Your shelf

Every book you've touched — dropped or found — lives on your personal shelf. A beautiful record of your reading life.

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QR inside the cover

Optional sticker packs let anyone scan the inside cover and see the book's complete journey instantly.

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Found notifications

When someone picks up your book, you get a quiet nudge. The circle closes. You know it found its reader.

"I was sitting in a coffee shop in Tromsø, finishing a book, wondering what to do with it. It felt wrong to just leave it on a shelf. It felt like it deserved to keep going — to find someone who needed it."
— The idea, somewhere in northern Norway, 2024

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