Have you ever considered renting a book in the same way that you would rent a DVD? Book rentals are an interesting alternative to buying and owning books or borrowing them from the library.

Buying books on a regular basis can be expensive, and people with full bookshelves often give their books away after reading them. Renting a book can be more cost effective than buying it, and when you’re done with the book, you merely send it back. From an ecological perspective, renting books is also nice way of sharing printed media and saving paper.

Renting books also provides an alternative to borrowing books at public and school libraries. Sadly, public libraries nationwide, including Los Angeles, have faced shortened hours due to severe budget cuts. Equally distressing are projected cuts to school libraries across the nation.

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