Flock to It!: Bookworms on a budget

One of the best perks, so far, of having my own blog has been learning from the people who read it.

Of course that was something I expected and hoped for when I started my journey in to social media, but unlike services like Twitter, which is so obviously a conversation between people, blogging seemed–at first glance–like a one-way street. A platform for broadcasting my own thoughts.

I guess I forgot that people will actually listen. And more than listen, interact and engage.

And I appreciate so much when they do. It’s the difference between talking to a brick wall and talking to a real person. No contest.

That leads me to today’s Flock to It!

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m a lover books and reading and anything having to do with books or reading. That’s why I was so excited when Melissa Thiessen commented on the post and turned me on to Bookswim, which is basically the Netflix of books.

Here’s what I love about Bookswim:

1. It encourages more people in more places to read. That’s always a good thing.

2. It’s a great service for bookworms on a budget, which, again, means more people reading in more places.

3. Three words: no. late. fees. Need I say more?

4. You can buy the books you like. So if you’re someone like me who loves the look and feel of books, you can almost use it as a screening system, meaning less wasted bookshelf space, fewer bookshelves, more trees, less global warming, more saving the planet. Okay, that might be a stretch. But still. It’s cool.

So there you have it. www.bookswim.com.

Flock to it, my friends.