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Aveline Gregoire, a teacher in Belgium, came up with the idea because she wanted to clean out his bookcase. Instead of selling the books, Aveline thought it would be a great idea to have a book-finding game inspired by the infamous Pokemon Go game that her children were playing. Aveline created a Facebook group with the title \u201cChasseurs de livres\u201d and the idea kicked off.<\/p>\n
This game works in the following way: \u00a0Books are usually placed inside a clear plastic bag to protect it from the rain. The book also has a note explaining that it is a free book that the hunter can have. Once he\/she has finished reading it, the book should be \u201creleased to the wild\u201d once again for someone else to find. In the Facebook group, people post photos of the books they have \u201creleased\u201d so that other members can find them. There is also information about the Facebook group in the note so that captured books can be promoted as well. The note goes something like this:<\/p>\n
Ik ben een achtergelaten boek…<\/em>
\nLees me…<\/em>
\nEn laat me weer elders vrij in de natuur…<\/em><\/p>\nMaak een foto van je gevonden boek en post het op de facebookpagina “De boekenjagers NL.”<\/em><\/p>\n
Boeken jagen, geen Pok\u00e9mons!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are already groups in Flanders and in the Netherlands inspired by Aveline\u2019s group. The Dutch group is called De Boekenjagers NL<\/em> which translates to Book Hunters Netherlands.\u00a0 The group has over 700 members and every day, there are new posts about books available for hunting.<\/p>\n