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By: Slim Ink book rental : reading hacks

Slim Ink book rental : reading hacks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:27:28 +0000

[...] on ReadingHacks I wrote about a few book rental services, two from the US, and one, Slim Ink book rental, based here in Australia. Following that post Slim [...]

By: jonathan

jonathan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:48:12 +0000

For those who may be wondering, tonight I signed up for the 3 month gift membership offered to me by Slim Ink and added some books to my reading list.

Stay tuned to hear how it goes.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:53:41 +0000

gizo – I hadn’t thought about paid book rental being a threat to public libraries. I guess as a librarian my first thought was, “what are we failing to do well enough that people will pay for the service we provide for free?”.

Although your library is convenient, books coming in the post could be more convenient for some people and they may consider it worth paying for.

By: gizo

gizo — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:37:03 +0000

Our local library is only 3km away. They also have a mobile library that visits the park up the road once a week. All we can get bookings form any of the libraries in the eastern network delivered to the mobile library.

I personally don’t understand a paid service (albeit with little time spent thinking about it). On the surface it feels like a slight attack on one of our last remaining public services.

Again – I haven’t spent too much tim thinking about this – it is mostly gut reactions.

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:37:12 +0000

Hello Jonathan,

May I offer you a 3 month gift membership to Slim Ink on Passion Plan 1 (2 books out at a time)? I promise you will be treated as any regular member of Slim Ink and receive no favouritism whatsoever in return for an honest, objective review on your blog.

If you are happy to accept, please give me your preferred email address and full name and I will have it organised. Do note, credit card details will be required to activate the gift membership and for use only in this case for lost or damaged books.

Best Regards,

Marjorie
Slim Ink – Admin

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:16:26 +0000

batgirl – wow, I had no idea someone did that. I wonder if they have many takers.

Sunshinestef – yes, I have seen the state of library books. Every day I’d love to hear your feedback after using Slimink. The range will be smaller than your public library, but you may get popular books more quickly due to less users.

By: Sunshinestef

Sunshinestef — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:49:03 +0000

I think it’s a swell idea. I don’t know about anyone else, but have you seen the state of public library books? Perhaps the cost of delivery from the library would negate the concept borrowing books from the library in the first place. I had at look at this site, and it is so far very impressive with it’s range and professionalism. I’ll try it out and let you know what it’s like.

By: batgirl

batgirl — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:27:11 +0000

Bayside run a delivery service for local residents and businesses. it’s like $6 per delivery or $80 for unlimited deliveries. You can also use it to get your items picked up for return (even if you borrowed them yourself from a branch)