Peter Baillie, the founder of an online book-sharing library told BBC News that the interest in his scheme has been “beyond his wildest dreams”. The ‘My Book Your Book’ website does not go live until Monday evening, but has already received 750 applications. All of its “founder members” will be able to access thousands of paperback novels – provided they donate 10 books each to the co-operative scheme.
Anyone familiar with any such co-op book-swapping concepts here in the States?
How long is it going to take ..
How long is it going to take before the publishers start legal action in attempt to take them down, much likey they wanted to do with Amazon offering used books?
Re:How long is it going to take ..
Whoops, spoke too soon. I guess it wasn’t the publishers against Amazon.com, it was the Author’s Guild:
http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51 676,00.html s /2100-1017_3-883663.html
http://news.com.com/Amazon+defends+used-book+sale
As discussed
Yes. PaperbackSwap.com, as discussed.