Privacy Policy - Important for all members

ON THE 21st March we altered our Privacy Policy.

These changes will affect you if;
a) you have not yet received the Book
b) are in the process of receiving the Book

Our main change now removes an email that is sent to you, we felt unnecessarily, to help our process along and also to stop you receiving unnecessary correspondence.

Change One - Previously we would email you to ask if you are going to be at home for the next week or so, so that the Book can be sent to you. Then, you would email us back to confirm that you are, or aren't. If you were available, we would then email you back, giving you 24 hours to confirm that you're happy with your information being sent. However, we now feel that by confirming that you want to join, and that you'll be at home, there is little reason to email you again just to re-confirm this.

Change Two - Previously you were given just 24 hours to confirm by email that you would be at home. We now realise that this is too short a period of time, so it is now extended to 72 hours. We feel that this is a long enough period as the Book needs to be kept in a fluid motion, and any prolonged delays do not assist you or us.

If you have any comments regarding these changes, please feel free to email us with your thoughts.

WebUser rating and our response

WE WERE RECENTLY reviewed by the well-respected internet magazine WebUser.co.uk, who gave us a 3* rating for our "novel idea" but also presented us with some problems.
A map was described as a "logical addition", and our site having "jus[t] enough information to get the message across".

Well, we're not a group to criticise anyone; indeed we acknowledge our website's earlier problems and are grateful for their review. And indeed, we have now added our first beta map, using a Google Map widget. You can also link to our Google Map page for a full sized version.

We're also rescripting other parts of our site. We don't want it to appear complex and dense, so we're simplifying it and making it less wordy.

In other news, our new Facebook page is up and running with all of their new features including our stream and wall, and we have opened a discussion on what new features you would like to see on the website. Twitter is also getting quite a bit more use as our Book moves on.

And this, of course brings us to our most importnat update: our Book is, at the time of writing, off to its 5th destination.

Stay tuned for more news!
Journey of a Book