December 17, 2007
Kathy Sheppard showed me this new service called Paperspine. By joining Paperspine you can borrow books for a monthly fee. There are no overdue fines, you keep the books as long as you need to. Monthly subscription rates run from $9.95 and up and they have 150,000 titles. The library community should watch and see if Paperspine catches on with the general public.
The local ABC affiliate in Phoenix has an online video story about Paperspine here. Seattle blogger John Cook has a posting about Paperspine here.
December 18, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Too bad they charge $1.49 for shipping each book, and don’t have hardcovers (so forget about reading anything brand new). I’ve got a BookSwim subscription. They have hardcovers, and never charge for shipping.
December 21, 2007 at 9:10 am
I was taking a look at BookSwim the other day, and noticed they had a ton of graphic novels and manga (which libraries are having a hard time stocking up on).