Archive for the 'Bookswim' Category

When Santa Turned Green

November 27th, 2007

From one of my favorite new blogs (I’m in Going Green mode at work and at home) - “When Santa Turned Green is the illustrated story of Santa Claus’s quest to turn all the world’s children “green”—after he discovers that his home, the North Pole, is melting.”

Bookswim? Nah.

August 24th, 2007

Seth Godin - “[W]hile a few passionate people may wish for handbags or jewelry or books or watches to be available this way, none of them are even close to matching the dynamic of Netflix.”

More on BookSwim

March 1st, 2007

Joe Wikert has an interview with George Burke, the man behind BookSwim (A Netflix type service for books):
JW: Approximately how many books will be available to choose from at launch?  Will they be from all areas (e.g., business, novels, etc.) or just certain categories?

GB: Most in-print leisure reading books (fiction and non-fiction) will be available [...]