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Originally Posted by Deputy Chief Command
was just thinking. my sister does -alot- of reading and spends like $1000 a year on just books alone. most of them she reads and never looks at again. is there any kind like... video rental store but for books ? would make things alot cheaper, plus once one person has read one the next person can get enjoyment of it . etc
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There is a paperback exchange store near where I live where you can buy used paperbacks pretty cheap or trade in your used one's for store credit. For a while they had a rental service where you could rent the new version of a hardback book for a reasonable amount. The problem became their waiting list. If a hot new book came out they would have a 4-6 month wait before you could rent it. It ended up not working too well and after a year or so they gave it up.
If you had the customers and were willing to buy multiple copies of each book you might be able to make a little more money off of it though. It just seems like it would be rough though.