Comments on: Netflix For Books: Follow The Money Trail

By: Jessee

Jessee — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:55:07 +0000

@Nathan

try bookyap.com

By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:13:02 +0000

I don’t really want a Netflix for books in the sense that it sends you books, you send them back, and they send you another one. I want a service where you rate books and based on your ratings the website recommends different books for you to try with a full description of the book.

By: Make Life Magic! » E-Media Piracy

Make Life Magic! » E-Media Piracy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:39:09 +0000

[...] epic proportions. Even the eBook industry is being hard hit. Check out this link for a sampler: Netflix Hmmm.. looks like someone better start thinking the ebusiness model.Tags: DIY This entry is [...]

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:08:13 +0000

“So, are there any good online libraries out there?”

yes there is. It’s called Rapidshare.
And MegaUpload.
and PirateBay.

The internet’s transformed into a virtual library free for the pillaging.

Sigh

By: Iksanika

Iksanika — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:27:07 +0000

Hey all

I ahve used Netflix several times – they look good to me, anyways whenever i tried to find something – they never failed to help… which means a lot…

By: Not the Same « Matadata

Not the Same « Matadata — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:15:27 +0000

[...] Also, as Booksquare points out, these book rental services have business plans dissimilar to Netflix, which builds [...]

By: Not the Same « Mattedata

Not the Same « Mattedata — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:52:48 +0000

[...] Also, as Booksquare points out, these book rental services have business plans dissimilar to Netflix, which builds [...]

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:42:29 +0000

Hmm. I’m one of those evil online book traders — and a writer, myself.

I have to say that I’ve never bought as many books — both new and (for the out-of-print books) used.

Here’s how it goes: I read a book I go flipping crazy over. I blog about it, exposing its title to all my readers. Then I go out and buy a copy, maybe two. One goes on my shelf ’cause it’s too precious a book to not have up there. The other one — plus the original book I first read — go up onto trading sites or get mailed directly to my friends, who follow this same pattern that I do. All of these sites allow for reviews; people can see me raving about the book in a (hopefully) thoughtful manner that will entice others to read.

This creates BUZZ. Maybe only among ten people, but if six of those ten people go out and buy the book themselves, or go and buy the author’s backlist or rush out for a new release the day it drops, those are six (or more) sales that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

It seems counter-intuitive at first glance. But among my circle, we’re all buying more new books and supporting an increasingly wider circle of authors, many of whom are midlist or struggling to get there.

I’d say that is a bigger help than Starbucks selling Mitch Albom any day.

By: Michael Koch

Michael Koch — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:13:03 +0000

When someone buys a used book they are purchasing something that, originally, was sold new with the appropriate revenue and royalties being paid to the appropriate parties. Why, then, should the author and/or publisher make additional money from the book if it happens to be sold on the secondhand market? (As opposed to sitting on a shelf, unread, until somebody decides to throw it away.)

It’s as if someone sold their 1976 camaro and Chevrolet felt entitled to a cut. (This sort of thinking would make yard sales a real hassle.) The difference, of course, is that since a book does not necessarily deteriorate as quickly as something such as a car, perhaps it retains more of its initial monetary value. Regardless, multinational publishers feeling entitled to a kickback whenever one of their books winds up in a Church sale just sounds greedy.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:59:58 +0000

I’m with you, Kassia. I used to luuuve secondhand book stores and frequent them often. Until I became a published author and people started boasting to me that they picked up a copy of my book for roughly 50 cents on eBay or in a used bookstore. On the one hand, I’m flattered that they want to read my book, but on the other, those sales will never be reflected in royalties. And far more important than the tiny sum I’d get from the sale is the total sales number that my publisher will look at when deciding whether to publish my next book. Applying the Netflix model to books is a fantastic prospect, but unlike DVDs, I can’t see them figuring out a cheap way to mail all those books.