1. What is the challenge?
To write/create/compile a book by collecting the opinions of different people over the five continents on a simple question. What to you is the meaning of life? After its wandering journey it should return to its origin; Barcelona (Spain).
2. How can the challenge be?
The challenge will be possible with the help of several volunteers or travelers who choose to take the book on their journey or part of it.
3. How to move the book?
The book has all the freedom to move, but you should see some "Checkpoints" chosen with the aim to target hundreds of different cultures
4. What and what are the "Checkpoints"?
The aim of the forty "Chekpoints" is to help the Errant Book to visit the maximun number of cultures. It will be a modest tribute to all kinds of people, cultures, traditions, languages, religions from our world.
5. ¿Maximum number of persons able to record their views in the book?
In order to avoid completing the book before finishing the journey, it is advisable to devote a page of the book by country. The rule can be variable if the volunteer sees good reasons.
6. In what language people should be writing your opinion?
Any language will be valid
7. Is there a time limit for the challenge?
No
8. What responsibilities will be asked to volunteer?
Those who voluntarily decide to bring the book will be asked a few responsibilities:
- Report to the organization who are holders of the book and its location.
- Caring for the book as well as possible.
- Search for people wishing to record their view of life.
- Find another volunteer who wishes to take the book.
- If the volunteer visits any of the points of interest, he should try to take a photo of the book next to the designated place.
9. What if a volunteer can not find someone to continue his book tour?
Possible solutions are:
- Leave the book in a place (hotel, hostel, restaurant, association, NGOs, universities, schools etc) or with a trusted person.
- Find a place through the social network CouchSurfing.
- Report the situation to the organization and we will look for a solution.
10. How can you follow the route of the book?
Periodically publish information on our blog tour book with any stories, photos or any information we are providing volunteers.
11. What will happen at the end with the book?
If the challenge is carried out we have publishers who would be interested in publishing it. Subsequently a poll would be organized to elect a public organization or a nonprofit interest organization that would receive the money raised.
12. This challenge has no meaning and the most certain is that the book never ...
Perhaps we are quite innocent, but we are such people still believe in the human goodness, romantic events and dreams come true.
Perhaps we are quite innocent, but we are part of these sort of people who still believe in human goodness, romantic events and dreams that come true.
Everything ready!!!
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The Errant Book is ready waiting for a volunteer to discover, feel, taste
the wide world. During her journey to discover himself and who knows if
want to ...
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