http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/netflix-for-books/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sat, 26 May 2012 21:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/netflix-for-books/#comment-24508 Caren Lee Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:20:20 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/netflix-for-books/#comment-24508 I like this idea simply because I'm one of those terrible people who can never turn anything in on time. Netflix has saved me hundreds of dollars in blockbuster fees, and I think a book service will save me the same amount in library fines. Right now, I own four public library cards -all with over $50 in fines on each of them. People like me need a service like this! My only question is will the services carry enough of the new releases - and enough of each genre? I personally like fantasy novels, as well as young adult fantasy novels (who didn't like Eragon and Harry Potter), so I hope there will be new releases, and not just "classics". I like this idea simply because I’m one of those terrible people who can never turn anything in on time. Netflix has saved me hundreds of dollars in blockbuster fees, and I think a book service will save me the same amount in library fines. Right now, I own four public library cards -all with over $50 in fines on each of them. People like me need a service like this!
My only question is will the services carry enough of the new releases – and enough of each genre? I personally like fantasy novels, as well as young adult fantasy novels (who didn’t like Eragon and Harry Potter), so I hope there will be new releases, and not just “classics”.

]]> http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/netflix-for-books/#comment-24225 Sara Dennis Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:18:53 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/netflix-for-books/#comment-24225 I'm not sure how Bookswim is any different than Booksfree, which is already established and is cheaper. Weird. I’m not sure how Bookswim is any different than Booksfree, which is already established and is cheaper. Weird.

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