June 24, 2009

People like to “test run” books

Something struck me the other day: people like to test run books before buying them. This isn’t a new idea. Libraries. Duh. But, while libraries are beautifully analog environments, there is no beautiful digital equivalent that I’ve found.

I love to borrow a book, read it, and then decide if I’ll buy it or not. So, I can return the borrowed copy and then go purchase it for myself, or I can keep the borrowed copy and purchase a new copy for the lender. Depends on how much I like them:)