What'sOnMyBookshelf? Beta
Now this is quite an interesting concept.
What'sOnMyBookshelf
It's a website for book-swapping. On first impressions it looks like a very simplistic book club (granted, it's still in beta) but if you read the details, you’ll find out that it’s quite a different concept. What happens here is you put up your old (or shall we say pre-owned) books, and people can borrow your books, and similarly you can borrows books from others.
It works on a points system, their FAQ explains it clearly, including the important bits about paying for shipping and handling. Just like any site dealing in online transactions of pre-owned stuff like eBay, a degree of trust is expected from the users.
It is interesting to note that the site encourages users to put back up exchanged books that you have finished reading.
Like I said, very interesting thing concept, although at the moment, they haven’t really started to build the user and book database, so there isn’t much to choose from. A site like this would probably work in the US, and not here in Malaysia due to a few reasons. Lack of interest in reading, being one.
Anyway, will probably check back on the website, in a few months time and see the progress.
What'sOnMyBookshelf
It's a website for book-swapping. On first impressions it looks like a very simplistic book club (granted, it's still in beta) but if you read the details, you’ll find out that it’s quite a different concept. What happens here is you put up your old (or shall we say pre-owned) books, and people can borrow your books, and similarly you can borrows books from others.
It works on a points system, their FAQ explains it clearly, including the important bits about paying for shipping and handling. Just like any site dealing in online transactions of pre-owned stuff like eBay, a degree of trust is expected from the users.
It is interesting to note that the site encourages users to put back up exchanged books that you have finished reading.
Like I said, very interesting thing concept, although at the moment, they haven’t really started to build the user and book database, so there isn’t much to choose from. A site like this would probably work in the US, and not here in Malaysia due to a few reasons. Lack of interest in reading, being one.
Anyway, will probably check back on the website, in a few months time and see the progress.
posted by Yoong Family at 12:49 pm
5 Comments:
ok i know this is not related to the post but...
besides IKEA...
where on earth can we find a decent bookshelf??! and not expensive wan too...preferably with glassdoor casing..
ya..i know....probably custome make them rite?
my friend got his custom made at that LDP furniture mall, quite good...
OoooOo....okay...shall try dat wan...TQ
a more popular one is http://www.bookmooch.com/ which has the same concept.
that's a good one. checking it out now.
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