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There are options for Read and Favorite. But how about Own. This would just be another check in the same area as favorite. For those of us with CFS syndrome this would most helpfull. 

 This would also allow you to add weight to peoples vote for a book. Did they like it enough to actually buy it. Or did they just check it out from the library or return it to the used book store for credit.

This is one I've been thinking about for a long time.  I often can't remember which books i've already bought but haven't read yet.  I'll see what I can do to add this one.

This brings up another possible feature that could be intigrated into WWEnd: a trading post.

I like this idea a great deal and it could be pretty simple to put together too.

We could add another check box to the novel page "I have this book for trade." that would populate a new list in My World "Books for Trade" or some such.  You go to a member's profile to see what books they've got up for grabs and you can private message them from there with your proposed trades.

That would cover the books that are actually in our DB at the moment and you can use the forum to post other titles you want to trade.

Some other things we could do:

- Add a section to the novel page that shows when the book is marked for trade.  It would include avatars and names for all members that want to trade that book like the ratings section.  It would expand and collapse etc. so it wouldn't get in the way.  You'd see which books are available for trade from all members and you can pick who you want to trade with.

- Perhaps a second check box "I'd like to trade for this book." would be in order.  If you have the book you can see who else wants it by checking the list on the novel page. Which would mean a new list in My World for the books you want to trade for.

- Add a simple comments box to the Profile page where you can enter in titles for trade that are not in our DB.  Those could appear in the "Books for Trade" list at the bottom as a bulleted list of "Other Books".  You could put anything in there you want and people wouldn't have to find that info in the forums.

What else am I not thinking of?  Anybody else interested in this feature?

I'm not sure there is enough member participation to make this really work but we won't know until we build it.  It certainly couldn't hurt to have it.

A "Wish List" is exactly what I was thinking of!  I did not see the connection to sending people to your wish list to find and buy books for you though.  I really like that.  We could use a few more pennies around here I can tell you.

I think to make it work we'd have to have several ways to find the trade books:

• links on the novel page
• lists in My World
• forum area
• your idea of a "Trading Post" for all books in one place is perfect
• the Trading Post could list all available books and wish list books too

Some great ideas, Deven!

Also, I like Deven point about attracting more people to this site. There is not to mach visitors related to how good this site is. I am really enjoying 2 things here: information I am getting here, and book tracker functionality. So I would like to see much more people on WWEND. I would also like to read much more reviews from members (ok, one can always find review on Amazon, but that's not same.)