the idea: set up an outside library where people can take a book and leave a book

the ideator: James Fox and Akil Williams

The Somerville public library has recently decided to do something a little different: the Little Library.  It lives on Broadway in Ball Square, across the street from SoundBites and the Ball Square Cafe.  Inside are restocked books from the friends of the library.  The books range from children’s literature to fiction to foreign books to non-fiction and beyond.

I saw it for the first time as I was walking to meet a friend of mine in Davis and, as an author, had to stop and look.  And can you guess what I did?  Well I just so happened to have a copy of my book in my purse and so slipped one in.  Hopefully someone will take it and give it a new home.