Aliqua
A neighborhood book marketplace

Books on your block.

Snap a photo of a book you own and it lands on a neighborhood map. Borrow, buy, or take one for free from the people down the street.

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How it works

Three steps, then you're on the map.

01

Snap

Take a photo of any book — the cover, the barcode, or just type the ISBN.

02

Auto-fill

The title, author, and cover fill themselves in. Check it, tweak it, post it.

03

Share

Pick a neutral pickup spot — a café, a library. Choose borrow, rent, buy, or free.

For browsers

Wander the map. No account needed.

Open Aliqua and the neighborhood's books are right there on the map. Find something you want, message the owner, and meet at a public spot. No signup until you actually want to talk to someone.

The Overstory

Richard Powers
5 min walk Request
Your shelf 4 listed
Free · 1 Borrow · 2 Buy · 1
For owners

Your shelves, open to the block.

Post the books gathering dust and let a neighbor give them a second life. You set the terms and the meeting place. Lending one book or clearing a whole shelf — it's your call.

Four ways to hand a book on.

Free

Pass it on. Someone three doors down has been meaning to read it.

Borrow

Lend it out and get it back. A library run by the neighborhood.

Rent

A few weeks, a few dollars. Set your own terms.

Buy

Clear the shelf. Hand it off in person, no shipping.

Your pickup spot is your call.

Pick a café, a library, a park bench — anywhere public and easy. Your home address never appears on Aliqua, and it never has to.

Put your shelves on the map.

Free to post. Free to browse. Start with one book.

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