Comments on: Radio interview on Litopia Daily

By: sherby57

sherby57 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:48:47 +0000

I really enjoyed the interview, it was interesting to find out more about the origins of your great site. Perhaps you should start a bookmooch podcast; with 140,000 members, there is plenty of scope for listeners and contributors.

If even a percentage of members subscribed to a podcast, you’d end up on the podcast charts and bring in even more publicity.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:55:44 +0000

I mirror your comments! I have read many authors that I would not have it I had to purchase all the books I have read. But now, when I read an author I have never read before, I look for other books by him/her and if the wait is too long on bookmooch, I go purchase them. I have been a member of bookmooch since 2/6/07 and to date have given 478 books away with 16 pending and received 423! That is alot of books that I never could have afforded to purchase! I love bookmooch. Keep up the great work John.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:51:29 +0000

Great analogy, Cynthia and that was a super interview, John. I enjoyed hearing you talk about things that are important to you and to Bookmooch. I agree with the interviewer – your passion is obvious and contagious. I think readers are the most passionate people in the world! Keep up the great work, and I’d also like to thank you again for all that you do for Bookmooch and for its members.
Michelle

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:25:49 +0000

When books were cheap, I tried new authors all the time. Now that books are expensive, I tend to buy who I know. With Bookmooch, I can take a chance on an author who is unfamiliar to me with no risk – if I don’t like the book, I list it for someone else to enjoy. If I like it, chances are I’ll go buy the rest of that author’s work, so the bookstores benefit. Hmmm…the lady I buy homemade jams and jellies from the Farmer’s Market does the same thing-puts out samples of things I wouldn’t be inclined to try and every time she gets me hooked on a new flavor.

By: Lottie

Lottie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:47:02 +0000

You have my vote.

Mooching encourages reading. It promotes literacy. It spreads knowledge. It stimulates thought. It helps protect the environment. And, yes, injects money into the book industry: the writing, translating, publishing, and selling of yet more books.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:54:47 +0000

I agree with others that Amazon will continue to receive my business despite my book swapping. I wanted to read a book that’s tough to get on Bookmooch, so I bought my own copy from Amazon. I loved it so much I couldn’t give it away, so I bought another copy and let an ecstatic moocher have it. I even bought a third copy to give as a gift! Amazon and Bookmooch will both get my attention for a long time to come.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:26:54 +0000

HI!its a great interview and i think publishers should seriously listen and take a note of it.

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Hope you get more traffic through that!Anyway, I hope you have a great week and that you will be successful in every activity you engage in!

By: Macie

Macie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:53:11 +0000

keep up the good work

By: MurdererDelacroix

MurdererDelacroix — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:14:35 +0000

That was a great interview, really. You guys brought up a lot of great points about readership and the publishing industry.

I think what Amazon doesn’t realize, is that thanks to my time on bookmooch, I’ve actually PURCHASED more new books! I’ve bought books for myself, books for friends, and perused sections in Barnes and Noble I never would have gone to before. Besides, sometimes when a book is on hundreds of bookmooch wishlists, I sometimes just give up and purchase it on amazon anyway.
(Not to mention Angeling books for people makes me want to read other stuff too.)

I really hope that mooch-before-you-buy works out too, because then authors would benefit from secondhand book trading too.

By: Rosemarie (Freecyclor)

Rosemarie (Freecyclor) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:51:16 +0000

Interesting interview! I didn’t know Litopia, but have signed up for their feeds on Itunes.

Mooching has offered me the opportunity to read new authors and topics “on spec”; and Amazon has been a major beneficiary of that, when I fill in a series or look for other books on a new topic.

I wish Amazon, as the world’s largest bookseller, could see beyond the immediacy of next quarter’s profits to understand that the entire reading community (BM, LT, review and discussion sites, etc.) ultimately support it. How disappointingly shortsighted!