How BookSwim Works

BookSwim eliminates the bother of library errands, limited bookstore hours and high retail prices by delivering unlimited rentals to your home - a revolving door of reading at your fingertips. Add thousands of bestsellers, classics, and hard-to-get new releases to your Rental Pool (it's like a queue, only wetter). Hold onto your books for as long as you need without the worry of due dates or late fees. When finished, just drop your returns in the mail with our prepaid shipping label.

Finally, a reading service that fits! If you can manage to read one book a month in your frenetic schedule, you shouldn't have to waste time squeezing in an excursion to the store or library. Rent the title that caught your eye, and you'll save $10 to $20 every month off the hardcover retail price!

Who wants to be stuck without a good book? Not us. That's why every BookSwim Rental Plan (3-Plan and higher) lets subscribers hold onto at least one book (up to seven!) while other books are in transit.

Books are heavy, and pretty costly to ship. But don't you worry your pretty little head about it, because as an unlimited BookSwim subscriber, you'll never have to pay to ship your books. We take care of shipping costs when we send you books and include a pre-paid return bag with every shipment, so the return trip is on us, too.

The "Rent Exclusively at BookSwim" icon labeling NY Times bestsellers and ALL hardcover new releases guarantees that only our rental catalog offers this title. Read the hottest titles without waiting on a friend or a library reserve list. From mystery/thrillers and modern nonfiction all the way to cookbooks, chick lit, self-help, contemporary romance, classics and more, BookSwim has the best and most current selection of any book club or delivery library in America.

There are books we read once and there are books we want to keep forever. With the click of a button, BookSwim lets members purchase books they love. Many members even use BookSwim exclusively as a try-before-you-buy service, enjoying deep discounts for keeping the books they've rented.

Starting at just $9.95, membership is billed automatically, so BookSwim isn't one more bill to remember to pay each month. Your first month starts the day you sign up, and each subsequent bill is debited on the same day of following months.

Roughly 36 million Americans read one or more books each month. If you've found BookSwim, you're probably one of them. Purchasing one new release a month will cost more than renting three hardcovers through our plans!
What's more, if you're one of the 4 million Americans who read 5 or more books each month, you could be saving more than $200 over list price every month! Imagine what a year of book rental will do for your wallet!

There are no cancellation fees and no hidden charges. Members aren't locked into a contract, so you can cancel at any time - for any reason! Even put your account on hold if you just need a break.

To activate your account, complete our simple sign-up by clicking Start Now above, then add books to your Rental Pool. There's no checkout process, no shopping cart- we automatically send your books the next shipping day. Only one thing left to do: curl up with your new books!