Do you love reading? Like five books a month love reading? While we respect your enjoyment of the literary arts and are impressed by your thirst for knowledge, your habit may be one that’s downright bad for the environment. Twenty million trees are cut down each year for American book production and that’s consumption of a valuable resource. What’s more, most of us read a book no more than once or twice, making the paper used in its creation basically a one-time item (having it sit on your bookshelf for years doesn’t make it any more eco-friendly).

But there may be a good solution that will allow you to keep speed reading and save trees. At BookSwim.com you can rent books every month with free shipping (in 100% recycled plastic bags) for one monthly fee–think Netflix but with books (or better yet, think Earth Cinema Circle). If you’re wanting to point out another similar service here (known as the library), we do agree that for most purposes the library is the way to go. The free membership is a big seller and if you’re within walking distance to a library we really encourage you to go that route. However, for those who live far from the library (gas-guzzling distance), love to read new novels without a wait, or like to take as much time as they want with a book, BookSwim is a better environmental choice than buying books from Borders. Click here to read more

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