BookSwim for Book Lovers Giveaway
November 21, 2009 by Kailani
Filed under 2009 Holiday Gift Guide, books, giveaways, shopping
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #7: Mary512!
Do you love to read but do not love having to buy your books only to read them once? Are your shelves and nightstands falling over with stacks and stacks of books? Well, BookSwim has a solution.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
BookSwim is the first online book rental library service lending you paperbacks, hardcovers and now college textbooks Netflix®-style directly to your house, without the need to purchase! We stock all the latest bestsellers, new releases, and classics with free shipping both ways! Read your books as long as you want — no late fees! Even choose to purchase and keep the books you love!
MY REVIEW
I checked out their website and think they have a great thing going here. I’m a big Netflix fan and I love the idea of incorporating this system into the literary world. There are so many times I’ve bought a book on someone’s recommendation or a review I’ve read only to find that it just wasn’t for me. You can sell the book on Amazon.com or eBay but you probably won’t get the same price that you paid.

With BookSwim, you can make a list of books from their never-ending inventory and have them sent to you for free! Take your time reading them and when you’re done, just send them back. However, if you come across one that you absolutely love and must add to your library, you always have the option to buy.
They also offer gift cards for the book lover on your holiday shopping list. And better yet, for every gift card sold, BookSwim, in association with Eco-Libris, will plant a tree to offset the environmental impact of producing paper for books.
Memberships start at $9.95 per month and you may cancel at any time. No contracts. No commitments.
Reading just got a whole lot easier and affordable!
WIN IT!
BookSwim has generously donated a 3-month, 3 books per month membership to one lucky winner (value $60). To enter:
- Stop by BookSwim before midnight, Nov 28th and check out their library of books.
- Then come back and mention in comments which book would be first on your list. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified on Jan 18th.
- The winner will then have 3 days to claim their prize.
To earn extra entries, you may do one or all of the following. Each one counts as an extra ticket but you must leave a separate comment for each one.
- Subscribe to my feed.
- Follow Island Life on Twitter.
- Tweet this giveaway.
- Place our button on your blog.
- Mention this giveaway on your blog with a link back here and to BookSwim.
This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
This post was written for Bookswim who provided the membership for review and giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the complimentary membership. By entering this giveaway, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agree to our disclosure policy

Check out other great gift ideas in the 2009 Holiday Gift Guide!
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OH MY GOOOOOOODNESS GREAT GREAT GIVEAWAY!!! The first book on my list would be James Pattersons Judge and Jury
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I’d love to read New Moon by Stephanie Meyer. I just finished Twilight. Thanks!
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The Time Traveler’s Wife would be first on my list. I am number 200 and something on the list at the library.
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I’d choose “the baby book”
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I would pick Double Cross (Alex Cross) By James Patterson to read first
I would choose The Lacuna: A Novel By Barbara Kingsolver.
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I love Sue Monk Kidd so I’d like to check out Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story
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There are so many books I want to read, so it is hard to pick! But “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett is definitely on my list!
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I would definitely rent Plum Spooky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel)
By Janet Evanovich first. It’s the only one I have not read yet
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I know this is pathetic but I have yet to read Twilight. That would be my first choice. And them of course I would have to read the rest of them too!
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They have a great selection. I would choose The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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I would choose Wolf Hall: A Novel!
This sounds neat!! I’d definitely want to get The Help by Kathryn Stockett, because I can never get my hands on it at my local library, and Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner and The Host by Stephenie Meyers for the same reason.
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My first book to read :
The Host: A Novel
By Stephenie Meyer, sine I’m the last person on earth to read it.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
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The latest work by Barbara Kingsolver!
Finding It: And Satisfying …
By Valerie Bertinelli
I’ve heard this is a good book and I’ve been a fan of hers for awhile.
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Finding It: And Satisfying …
By Valerie Bertinelli
I’ve heard this is a good book and I’ve been a fan of hers for awhile.
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The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
James Pattersons Judge and Jury
Say You’re One of Them By Uwem Akpan will be first on my list!
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I love Malcolm Gladwell! I would choose his latest nonfiction book, Outliers: The Story of Success.
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You have no idea how perfect this is. I won’t elaborate too much, but suffice it to say that I will be sleeping in 2 hour spurts for a while
I’d start with Green by Ted Dekker.
This would be wonderful – I have a house full of avid readers
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I would choose Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
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