I found an interesting website to peruse recently called Booksfree.com. Now, what makes this website so interesting to me is the ability to rent books from a single source that sports a wide selection of titles - over 140,000 titles, both audio and paperback, from more than 36,000 authors in fiction and non-fiction to be exact.

I’m sure you’re wondering why I just don’t make use of the local libraries, right? Here’s the reason, they’re not so local to me. Besides, as I’ve mentioned before, I had a major falling out with the one in Las Cruces and refuse to pay fees for items checked out on a stolen library card that they were supposed to have removed from their system to begin with. I refuse to pay fees for something that is not my fault and should have been handled on their end to begin with. Does that make me weird? I think not.

In any case, that just leaves me the El Paso library and branches and the nearest one is further than the Las Cruces one, we’re talking forty miles one way. That’s quite a distance to travel just to check out some books, and although I work in El Paso, I’m not very likely to want to leave an extra two hours early to go to a library, check out or turn in books, before heading in to work. This is why I found the premise behind Booksfree.com to be so interesting.

Membership rates start at only $9.99 a month, you get free and fast shipping, plus you can keep the books as long as you like. Now, I know you’re probably thinking that just getting a library card would be better, right? I mean hey, it is free. Here’s the thing, if you don’t have quick and easy access to a library then the amount of money you spend on just the gas needed to reach your destination every couple of weeks (to check out and return books) is going to be more than just $9.99. On top of that, if you have a busy lifestyle then there is no guarantee that you will get the chance to read your books before the due date at your library, let alone return them or renew them in time. Now here come the late fees. For this reason, working folks, stay-at-home mothers, senior citizens, frequent travelers, and the disabled, would definately benefit from this site along with those who do not have a library within easy reach.

Not to mention, you do save a whole lot of money and space by renting the books instead of buying every title that catches your eye. And hey, I’m fairly certain that most libraries can’t boast a selection quite like Booksfree.com’s.

Booksfree.com also offers up gift certificates and gift memberships, so with the holidays coming up, you may want to look into this for the bookworm in your life.

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