tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7362996795013994856..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: LoveBooks (tm) - Elen CaldecottUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40147214971693683892009-10-25T23:00:12.198+00:002009-10-25T23:00:12.198+00:00Abz, Elen! I am the most useless library user! If ...Abz, Elen! I am the most useless library user! If I can manage to get there to get the books out, I can't manage to get them back without fines! The idea that books are delivered and I can just post them back is delicious! But the weight would be the problem - you couldn't have a standard postage package to send them in. So maybe the e-idea is the way forward!<br /><br />Having said all that, I have quite enough unread books sitting around waiting to be read as it is! The great thing about Lovefilm is I can watch the lovely movies and iron at the same time!!! Now maybe I need LoveAudioBook - they'd be easily postable etc etc. Now does that exist please, Nicola? (aka fount of all book knowledge)Meg Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461125464455502821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76357466366819179562009-10-24T13:11:55.581+01:002009-10-24T13:11:55.581+01:00I love the ebook take on the idea, Anne! Perhaps a...I love the ebook take on the idea, Anne! Perhaps an e-lending library would email (a drm protected) copy of your reservations? Cool.<br /><br />And, Adele, I do have a lot of books on my reservation list at the library (50p a go with my lot, which is still pretty reasonable), but as I have a day job I don't always make it to the library in the ten days they hold them for me. What I'd really like is for the books to come to me! Borderline lazy, if not actual lazy, I know. Still, I can dream!Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-40801636068683419612009-10-24T11:20:37.629+01:002009-10-24T11:20:37.629+01:00I take your point Adele but we are bookphiles and ...I take your point Adele but we are bookphiles and we'll go any distance to get the book we want. What about the non reader who gives up at the first hurdle. It occurs to me that this could very well be the use for the new sony reader (whatever it's called). Books don't fit through letter boxes but discs do. Maybe this is a way of extending the reading public (teenage boys, choosing books that come ythrough the post and can be read on a screen?)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06677754304058294713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-55763208669330206682009-10-24T11:17:18.836+01:002009-10-24T11:17:18.836+01:00Sorry to sound like a real wet blanket, but you ca...Sorry to sound like a real wet blanket, but you can go into your local library with a list and order any book you like. They send you an email when it's in and you go and get it and take it back in the normal way. I've got three on order right now...the new Niffenegger, the new Jane Gardam and something I've forgotten I ordered. And it's all free! I'm not sure postmen would be in favour of a love film type postal scheme either...aren't they complaining about all the weight they have to carry? DVDs are much lighter and can be pushed through letter boxes. <br />Forgive me for this negative view...happy to be shot down in flames from objectors.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59084859686379252252009-10-24T10:27:03.442+01:002009-10-24T10:27:03.442+01:00OOooh!
If anyone does know the schemes name, pleas...OOooh!<br />If anyone does know the schemes name, please tell me!<br />Thanks, Nicola, you font of knowledge, you!Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73646668364573789782009-10-24T10:03:37.473+01:002009-10-24T10:03:37.473+01:00Hi Elen
Actually, although it's not called lov...Hi Elen<br />Actually, although it's not called lovebooks (because that's the name of an existing company doing something different - publishing, I think), the book equivalent of Lovefilm already exists (or maybe not launched yet?). I can't remember what it's called but I was in a meeting where we discussed it about a year ago. I am sure someone can tell us the name before I have to grovel around in google... Anyone?<br /><br />It IS a good idea, isn't it? My film buff daughter loved Lovefilm. She even paid the sub herself out of pocket money!Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.com