November 17, 2005
Product Placement
Posted by Kevin | Print This Article
Since my last couple of posts were full of complaints, I figured it was about time I posted something nice about somebody. So allow me a few minutes to go off-topic for an unsolicited plug for a service I adore: Zooba.
If you haven’t heard of it, Zooba’s kind of like a Netflix for books. Create a queue from thousands of hardcover books, and for $10 a month you get one of them in the mail (that includes shipping). (Unlike Netflix, of course, the book is yours to keep.) And if you want, you can always order any book(s) from them for the same $10, shipping included. Beats Amazon hands down, especially for newer books and bestsellers.
That’s it, really. I love it. I signed up going on a couple years ago and each month is like Christmas when I get the now-familiar package in my box (”cool, what book was next on my list?”). Zooba is owned by the Book of the Month Club, though they don’t seem to talk about that too much, and the hardcover books are slightly smaller than the ones you buy in the bookstore, but otherwise exactly the same.
I honestly have no idea how they make money. But if you like to read, give it a try; what’s not to like for 10 bucks a month?
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