Comments on: A Company Whose Stock I Won’t Be Buying http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Everything’s Coming Up Netflix! http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-87431 Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online » Blog Archive » Everything’s Coming Up Netflix! Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:33:51 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/#comment-87431 [...] Hmm…where have I heard this before? [...]

]]> By: Likely Stories » Blog Archive » BookSinking? http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-57644 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » BookSinking? Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:13:59 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/#comment-57644 [...] An update on the previously discussed BookSwim, which now has “a few hundred” members. (Surely champagne corks are popping in investors’ boardrooms.) It came as news to me that there is an extremely similar company, Booksfree.com (disclaimer: the books are not actually free), that has been in operation for seven years. From Publishers Weekly (”Netflix Book Model Draws Competitors,” by Lynn Andriani): Burke and Siddiqui said they are looking to bring libraries on as customers, at a reduced rate, to expand libraries’ inventories. The company is working on a pilot program with one of its local libraries, but would not release the library’s name. The founders also want to include publishers in their venture, since as Burke said, “It’s very burdensome for us to have to purchase all our inventory; it’s very costly up front.” He and Siddiqui would like to embark on a revenue-sharing program with publishers, wherein they would pay publishers each time one of their books are rented. However, Burke has not approached any large publishers yet. [...]

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-48996 Keir Fri, 18 May 2007 21:02:19 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/#comment-48996 George, glad you have a sense of humor. I’ll be surprised if the Netflix model translates to books — I don’t think reading is analogous to movie-watching — but if you succeed, I’ll write about that, too.

]]> By: George Burke http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-48981 George Burke Fri, 18 May 2007 18:41:29 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/#comment-48981 Hi there, George here from BookSwim. Thanks for the praise, hehe. Just so you know, I should hope that every single one of our patrons utilizes their local library services on a regular basis. It’s a great place to kick back, relax and read. I love going to the Old Bridge NJ public library.

We only started this service in response to many people who are used to the Netflix and Blockbuster Online services and would like to apply that model to books.

]]> By: Serena http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/comment-page-1/#comment-48967 Serena Fri, 18 May 2007 17:42:55 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/05/17/a-company-whose-stock-i-wont-be-buying/#comment-48967 I find this ridiculous. And now a days alot of libraries are open late. The library system I work at in Charlotte is open until 9 pm Mondays-Thursdays and until 6 Fridays-Sunday. Anyone who pays for that service has a few screws loose.

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