Archive for the 'Netflix' Category

CA Library To Debut Netflix-Like “Fines-Free” Program

November 10th, 2009

Library Journal has an update

Hayward libraries to borrow Netflix model

November 8th, 2009

Oakland Tribune – “City libraries soon will offer a new borrowing system that borrows from Netflix, the mail-based, no-late-fee movie rental service. For a monthly fee, library users will be able to check out a limited number of materials for an unlimited amount of time. The optional system will eliminate due dates and overdue [...]

Building a Netflix for Books

October 13th, 2009

Will people pay to rent books?

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.”

Netflix Grows in Brooklyn?

March 23rd, 2007

Great news today:
"In what would be a first in the United States, the Brooklyn Public Library hopes to team up with Netflix to deliver DVDs and videos to anyone in the borough with a library card, The Post has learned.  The price would be unbeatable – free."
But, keep reading and you’ll see….
"Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey [...]