Give Books, Netflix-Style

<p>It seems that I have bookish gifts on the mind this week, which must explain why I am positively giddy about the idea of giving someone a subscription to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=102363&amp;U=309127&amp;M=14936">Bookswim</a>. (Who&#39;s the lucky recipient, you ask? Not sure yet. Perhaps <em>moi</em>?)</p> <p>If you haven&#39;t heard of Bookswim, here&#39;s the skinny: It&#39;s like Netflix, only for books. You order a monthly subscription to &quot;rent&quot; a certain number of books at a time. Once you&#39;re finished reading a book, you send it back and receive another. As with Netflix, there are several plans to choose from. None of them limit the number of books you can receive during a month&#39;s time, though each subscription limits the number of books you can receive at a time. And you can cancel at any time.</p> <br> <p><img src="http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons/250/2506232/49_2008/330e3d64458d8506_Rent_Books_Netflix-style_with_Online_Book_Rental_-_BookSwim.com_1228271101705.xlarge.jpeg" width="320" height="146"></p> <p>Plans range from the &quot;lite reader&quot; (<strong>$9.95 for the first month for three books at a time</strong>) to&nbsp; the &quot;devout reader&quot; (<strong>$19.93 for the first month for eleven books at a time</strong>). After the first month, the monthly price doubles, but it&#39;s still a good deal. And much like the literary magazines I <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sweetfindsblog.com/2555486">recommended</a> earlier this week, a Bookswim subscription gives gift recipients the chance to sample multiple authors and genres.</p><p><em><strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sweetfindsblog.com/2560435">Continue reading ...</a></strong></em></p>