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The Literary Life
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Geekazine: BookSwim.com: Online Book Rental Through Mail, Interview: Eric Ginsberg – Quickcast” by Jeffrey Powers
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You might be a Transumer. You might have Netflix or Blockbuster for your online movie rental. You might even have Gamefly for your Game rental. But how about your online Book rental? Well that is the business model of BookSwim – an online Book rental system.
Simply choose your plan, choose from the large library they have and get the books in the mail. No late fees – return at any time through the pre-pay envelopes. The next book will arrive shortly.
In this Quickcast interview, we talk with Eric Ginsberg – a teacher, musician and librarian that brought over some great ideas of online book rental to life months after BookSwim was created by George Burke and Shamoon Siddiqui. We talk with Eric and discuss the reasons why someone would use BookSwim as opposed to an e-reader, buying or just going to the Library to get books for Transummers.
Plans start at $9.95. Gift cards are available for those you love, too. If you are a Transumer – person who rents, consumes, then gives back – Bookswim will definitely fulfill the transummation of books.
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Beyond The Book: “BTB Podcast #139: Netflix for Books?”
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That’s the pitch from BookSwim, which offers books for rent the way many of us rent DVDs. From “The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,” a how-to for getting published professionally, to “Superfreakonimics,” bestsellers and perennial hits are all available for monthly fees.
As BookSwim’s Eric Ginsberg explains, think of it as an online library where you pay for a subscription but never for any fines. With the publishing world still sorting out Kindles and Nooks, BookSwim reaches audiences who want to read “real” books but who don’t have room for real bookshelves.
MediaBistro Galleycat: “Building a Netflix for Books” by Jason Boog
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Will people pay to rent books? Since 2007, one company has tried to build that new model.
Today’s guest on the Morning Media Menu was Chip O’Brien, director of customer service for Bookswim–a rental service for books. The company hopes to change reading the same way Netflix revolutionized the movie rental business. During the show, we discussed the delayed eBook release of Sarah Palin’s memoir and the struggle to determine a fair price for digital books.
Here’s an excerpt from the interview: “Most people have felt the difficulty of getting to the library or the bookstore. Most new bestsellers retail for 27.95 and you can spend three months on the library wait list. People say, ‘This is a great idea, I can’t wait to get started.’ People come to us with a lot of excitement.”
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