Press Clippings and Buzz
November 6th, 2009
FOX Business: "Entrepreneurs Climb Over Huge Obstacles to Success" by Teri Evans
October 16th, 2009
WTSP-TV Tampa: "Hot Link: BookSwim.com" by Theresa Collington
October 14th, 2009
The New Yorker: "In the news: Selling Short, Rent-A-Book"
October 13th, 2009
MediaBistro Galleycat: "Building a Netflix for Books" by Jason Boog
October 7th, 2009
Babble.com: "Win a Free 3-Month BookSwim Membership!" by Aaron Burgess
October 1st, 2009
About.com: "Saving Money on Pregnancy Books" by Robin Elise Weiss
September 18th, 2009
University of La Verne: "Textbooks should be cheaper"
September 15th, 2009
PhillyBlurbs.com: "Renting books, of all sorts" by Katie Downling
September 11th, 2009
EcoLibris: "Vote for BookSwim on Forbes.com's Startup Competition" by Raz Godelnick
September 7th, 2009
Lawrence Journal World: "Where to find book bargains" by
September 7th, 2009
ABC News: "Netflix for Books"
September 6th, 2009
Seattle Post Intelligencer: "Book Patrol: A Haven for Book Culture" by Nancy Mattoon
September 3rd, 2009
SavvySugar.com: "No Time For the Library? These Services Might Be For You"
September 2nd, 2009
WHAS 11 Louisville: "Consumer Watch: Ways around the high price of college textbooks"
August 30th, 2009
Forbes.com: "'Boost Your Business' Semifinalist"
August 28th, 2009
NBC 16: '"Transumerism": more people renting instead of buying'
August 24th, 2009
Tacoma News Tribune: "Where to find the best bargains on books" by Ashley Grimaldo
August 24th, 2009
Fox 6 News AL: "Back to Campus Savings"
August 21st, 2009
NBC 41: Daybreak Friday: "Save Money by Renting School Supplies"
August 20th, 2009
FreeShipping.org: "Where to Find the Best Bargains on Books" by Ashley Grimaldo
August 17th, 2009
10Connects.com: "Hotlink: BookSwim" by Theresa Collington
August 17th, 2009
ABC 2 (Good Morning Maryland): "Renting College Books & Equipment" by Dave McHugh
August 17th, 2009
Lincoln Journal Star: "Book Report: Renting textbooks and Dan Brown" by Micah Mertes
July 13th, 2009
NJ News 12: "Buck Wild: Be a Transumer!"
July 6th, 2009
TheSimpleDollar: "Reader Mailbag #70"
June 29th, 2009
MSNBC.com: "Why buy? ‘Transumers’ try to rent everything"
June 29th, 2009
Trendwatching.com: "'Transumers': less treasure, more pleasure"
June 26th, 2009
Yahoo! Shine: "Borrow a book from BookSwim."
June 20th, 2009
CoolMomPicks: "Last minute Father's Day gift ideas. (It's not that you procrastinated, you're just...busy.)" by Christina & Liz
June 18th, 2009
InStyle: "Summer's Best New Book Club" by Lisa Tilson
June 18th, 2009
News 12 Long Island: "Gift Ideas for Dad" by Elisa DiStefano
June 17th, 2009
WUSA 9: "Are You A Transumer?" by Lesli Foster
June 15th, 2009
Focus Atlanta w/ Judy Gross
June 12th, 2009
News-Sentinal: "Shopping column: Rent books online at BookSwim" by Cindy Larson
June 9th, 2009
Rutgers University: "Winning Rutgers Business School student teams receive $25,000 to launch and grow new businesses"
May 26th, 2009
AppScout: "Bookswim.com: Book-Renting Service that Won't Break the Bank"
May 23rd, 2009
CBS Early Show: "Best Beach Finds on a Budget"
May 23rd, 2009
CBSNews.com: "Best Beach Gear Bargains For Less Than $40" by Judy Goss
May 11th, 2009
Publishers Weekly: "Monday News" by Barbara Vey
May 7th, 2009
Seventeen.com: "Rent Books Online With Bookswim.com!"
May 6th, 2009
MSN Money: "Why own when you can rent?" by MP Dunleavey
May 5th, 2009
BaltimoreSun.com: "BookSwim wants to send your mom some flowers" by Nancy Johnston
May 4th, 2009
The Arizona Republic: "3 ways to show Mom love on Mother's Day" by Karina Bland
May 2nd, 2009
WTNH.com: "Rental industry thriving"
May 1st, 2009
US Airways Magazine: "Netflix for Books" by Matthew John Fox
May 1st, 2009
Creative Loafing - Tampa Edition: "Ecological Intelligence: looking at the impacts of what we buy"
May 1st, 2009
WFSB Eyewitness News 3: "Eric Talks About the Rise Of The Rental" Interview by Kara Sundlun
May 1st, 2009
The BEST Institute: "BEST Sponsors Ninth Annual Business Plan Competition"
April 25th, 2009
WCBS TV: "More And More Goods Now Available For Rent" by Kirstin Cole
April 22nd, 2009
Momarama: "For the book lovers" by Jennifer Dean
April 21st, 2009
KCAL - CBS Affiliate Los Angeles: "Rent Books, Textbooks Netflix-Style With Bookswim"
April 21st, 2009
CNET.com: "BookSwim: Netflix for books?" by Peter Glaskowsky
April 20th, 2009
KGO-TV - ABC Affiliate, San Francisco: "BookSwim brings Netflix approach to books"
April 20th, 2009
ABC Local: "BookSwim takes Netflix approach to books"
April 14th, 2009
ABC News: "Rise of the Transumer" Interview by Jackie Hyland with Eric Ginsberg
April 13th, 2009
PCMag.com: "8 Sites for Renting Anything" by Jennifer L. DeLeo
March 30th, 2009
Saturday Night Magazine: "Interwebs, This Months's Online Picks" by Chris Hardwick
March 30th, 2009
GoodyBlog: "Swimming in Books" by Cheryl Lock
March 27th, 2009
DailyGrommet: "BookSwim Book Rental" by Monica Marsden
March 25th, 2009
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Bargain shopping for bookworms" by Karen Deer
March 24th, 2009
KFOR.com: "Saving a buck on college" by Chellie Mills
March 11th, 2009
New Jersey On-Line: "BookSwim CFO's line of experience" by Susan Todd
March 10th, 2009
MarketWatch.com: "Book Industry Turns The Page" by Dan Gallagher
March 10th, 2009
WRLR 98.3 TechTalk: "Episode 141 - Eric Ginsberg of BookSwim"
February 26th, 2009
Interpress Service: "Generation Y Does Read, Report Says -- For 9 Minutes A Day" by Alexandra Beggs
February 25th, 2009
Inter Press Service: "U.S.: Gen Y Reads - But Only for Nine Minutes a Day" by Alexandra Beggs
February 24th, 2009
USA Today: "Business founders likely to emerge from meltdown" by Del Jones
February 23rd, 2009
ChannelWeb: "As Kindle 2 Starts Shipping, E-Reading Questions Abound" by Chad Berndtson
February 22nd, 2009
Examiner.Com: " Use Bookswim subscription book rental for savings on bestsellers and college textbooks" by Katie Roy
February 22nd, 2009
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Kindle 2 new chapter for e-books" by Adrian McCoy
February 15th, 2009
ABC 15 Phoenix: "Smart Shopper" by Daphne Munroe
February 11th, 2009
MarketWatch.com: "E-books finally gain momentum with Kindle" by Therese Poletti
February 11th, 2009
Betanews.com: "Amazon Kindle: not a gamechanger...yet" by Tim Conneally
February 10th, 2009
Examiner.com: "February Freebie" by Anna De Souza
February 9th, 2009
ABC 15 Phoenix: "Smart Shopper" by Daphne Munro
February 9th, 2009
eHow: "How to Rent Books Online"
February 5th, 2009
ABC 15 Phoenix: "Save money on books, rent them" by Quita Jackson
February 1st, 2009
PublishingTrends.com: "Netflix for Books?"
January 29th, 2009
Good Magazine: "Ending the Tyranny of Expensive Textbooks" by Anne Trubek
January 19th, 2009
CBS 4 Miami: "Rich In Knowledge But Low On Cost: Books"
January 1st, 2009
BookSwim Press Videos
December 12th, 2008
BuzzSugar: "Buzz Gift Guide: The Gift Cards That Keep Giving"
December 5th, 2008
KATV 7 Little Rock: "Your Money: Libraries and Bookswim"
November 28th, 2008
Poynter Online: "Give the Gift of Green" by Amanda Smith
November 25th, 2008
mommy track'd: Swimming in Books.
November 25th, 2008
WiseBread.com: "Unique Subscription Services that Might Save You Money" by Linsey Knerl
November 24th, 2008
NY Examiner: "Swimming Upstream in a World of Books" by Terri Schlichenmeyer
November 23rd, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: "Online rental service is Netflix for bookworms" by Eileen AJ Connelly
November 22nd, 2008
TheAtlantic.com: "Netflix For Books" by Andrew Sullivan
November 21st, 2008
Daily Herald: "For that techie who has everything" by Anna Marie Kukec
November 21st, 2008
Daily Herald: "For that techie who has everything" by Anna Marie Kukec
November 20th, 2008
Huffington Post: " Your request is being processed... Green Gift Guide: Low-Impact, Eco-Friendly Ideas For the Holidays"
November 19th, 2008
RedOrbit.com: "Company Offers Online Book Rentals"
November 19th, 2008
Christian Science Monitor: "A book as Christmas gift? Here’s a smarter idea" by Margaret Kehe
November 18th, 2008
Babble.com: "Will Libraries Go the Way of Video Stores?" by Miriam Axel-Lute
November 18th, 2008
AP w/ Multi-Coverage! "Online Money: Save with online book rentals" by Eileen AJ Connelly
November 17th, 2008
NJ Biz Magazine: "BookSwim Enters New Waters at NJIT" by Beth Fitzgerald
November 15th, 2008
The Miami Herald: "E-books bringing new power to the printed word" by James H. Burnett III
November 4th, 2008
"Eco-Libris is collaborating with Bookswim in an holiday campaign!" by Raz
November 2nd, 2008
CoolMomPicks.com: "BookSwim - Like Netflix for books"
October 31st, 2008
Cynopsis Digital: "Website of the Day" by Wayne Karrfalt
October 31st, 2008
Woman's World: Cash in This Week
October 27th, 2008
Virginian-Pilot: "Site Seeing"
October 27th, 2008
Lowell Sun - Give the gift that saves cash for the recipient
October 26th, 2008
Sun-Journal: "This week's site: Book Swim (bookswim.com)" by Kim Ossi
October 21st, 2008
NJ.com - Online bookstore donates titles to Newark library
October 7th, 2008
BlissfullyDomestic.com: "Read books Netflix style with Book Swim"
October 6th, 2008
Mass. Lowell Sun: "Give the gift that saves cash for the recipient" by Heather Hill
September 21st, 2008
Asbury Park Press: "Read your books for less" by Candice Choi
September 19th, 2008
Seattle PI: "Get Organized" by Laura Leist
August 20th, 2008
The Star Ledger: "Summer Sanity: Books' new chapter: Online rental" by Karin Price Mueller
August 8th, 2008
Today.com Chic Gadget: "Bookswim: the NetFlix for Bookworms"
July 19th, 2008
ZDnet: "Bookmark this: Three Web sites to aid the green cause" by Heather Clancy
July 9th, 2008
SheKnows.com: "Reading, writing, and…" by Aly Walansky
July 8th, 2008
MSN Finance: "Why buy when you can rent?" by Gordon Powers
July 8th, 2008
BuzzSugar: "Log In for a Chance to Win a Membership at BookSwim.com!"
July 5th, 2008
The Bergen Record: "Summer reads for rent" by Sandra Baker
June 18th, 2008
Bayshore Independent: "Heat causes meltdown in warehouse"
June 9th, 2008
NJ Biz Magazine: "Taking a Page From the Netflix Business Plan" by Thomas Gaudio
June 2nd, 2008
NJ Biz Magazine: "Netflix-like Book Renter Wins Rutgers B-School Prize" by Thomas Gaudio
May 27th, 2008
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Frugal readers can rent books online" by Sandra Baker
May 23rd, 2008
Entrepreneur Magazine: "Book Smart" by Liz Hamburg
May 20th, 2008
Gather.com: "BookSwim: Netflix for Books (interview)" by Chris Steib
May 9th, 2008
MainStreet.com: "Five Best Budget Mother’s Day Gifts For Those Hit By The Recession" by Jessica Wakeman
May 1st, 2008
Redbook: "Your 2008 total guide to girlfriend get-togethers" by Amy Spencer
April 12th, 2008
The NY Post: "EASY READERS - Great Way To Start A Habit" by Barbara Hoffman / Billy Heller
April 4th, 2008
USAToday.com Pop Candy: "The Candy Mailbag" by Whitney Matheson
April 4th, 2008
Springwise.com: "Book Lending Made Convenient"
March 7th, 2008
CS Monitor: "Monitor Picks"
March 7th, 2008
GeekSugar: "Literary Gadgetry Slideshow"
March 4th, 2008
USAToday.com: "Do Books Tell the Story?" by Ann Oldenburg
February 18th, 2008
MSN Moneyblog: "10 ways to save money on books" by Karen Datko
January 24th, 2008
PlanetGreen.com: "Rent Books at BookSwim" by Jasmin Malik Chua
January 13th, 2008
The NJ Star Ledger: "Read This" by Carrie Stetler
December 6th, 2007
ReadWriteWeb.com: "BookSwim is Netflix for Books" by Josh Catone
December 1st, 2007
MSN.com Money Central: "20 easy gifts -- that aren't gift cards" by Liz Pulliam Weston
November 6th, 2007
Philadelpia Style Magazine: Nerds Unite!
November 3rd, 2007
Real Simple Magazine: "Why Not?" by Suzanne Rust
October 1st, 2007
Library Journal: "Online Lending Libraries Find Niche" by By Michael Rogers
September 6th, 2007
Unclutterer: "Netflix for Books" by Jerry
September 5th, 2007
Mashable.com: "BookSwim is Netflix for... Books" by Kristen Nicole
August 27th, 2007
Geeksugar.com: "Bookswim = Netflix For Books"
August 21st, 2007
WebWare.com: "BookSwim: book subscription service via Web" By Josh Lowensohn
August 8th, 2007
GearLive.com: "BookSwim is Like Netflix for Books: But Will it Succeed?" by Lolita Beckworth
July 17th, 2007
Associated Content: "Bookswim, the Netflix of Books: Join the Online Book Rental Library" by Rica
July 5th, 2007
DailyCandy.com: "Join: BookSwim"
July 2nd, 2007
Publisher's Weekly: "Netflix Book Model Draws Competitors" by Lynn Andriani
May 31st, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Not ready to buy, try renting a book" by Grace Dobush
May 16th, 2007
DownloadSquad.com: "BookSwim: just like the public library, but $24 per month" by Brad Linder
March 14th, 2007
Kalamazoo Gazette: "Now You Know"
December 31st, 1969
Digital Zone w/ Patrick Wiscombe: 134: Bookswim
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