WSJ: Book Industry Turns the Page

recycledelectron · 03-11-2009, 03:39 AM

Here's the video: http://online.wsj.com/video/book-ind...C43CC4887.html

They mention "BookSwim" that I had not heard of before.

Marysart · 03-11-2009, 08:51 AM

This does look promising, provided they get support from a lot of publishers for ebook renting...
It would also depend on their subscription fees, which I find pretty high at the moment for the pbooks they rent out.
Still, I think it is an interesting business model with potential.
There are a lot of books that I only want to read once.

TheJohnNewton · 03-11-2009, 12:56 PM

But they seem to only rent paper books at this time. BTW, I've seen paper book rentals available for several years though I've never subscribed.

03-11-2009, 03:39 AM	#1
recycledelectron Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 854 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Lifebook T5010	WSJ: Book Industry Turns the Page Here's the video: http://online.wsj.com/video/book-ind...C43CC4887.html They mention "BookSwim" that I had not heard of before.

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03-11-2009, 08:51 AM	#2
Marysart Member Retired Posts: 69 Karma: 588 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Amsterdam Device: none	This does look promising, provided they get support from a lot of publishers for ebook renting... It would also depend on their subscription fees, which I find pretty high at the moment for the pbooks they rent out. Still, I think it is an interesting business model with potential. There are a lot of books that I only want to read once.

03-11-2009, 12:56 PM	#3
TheJohnNewton Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 144599 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Boox Nova 2	But they seem to only rent paper books at this time. BTW, I've seen paper book rentals available for several years though I've never subscribed.

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