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Do you have a bookshelf full of mystery novels or childrens’ books, but still visit the bookstore or buy books online at Amazon or Flipkart Books? With Novelinked you can now access 1,000’s of books free using your phone as a virtual library.
Its time to meet bibliophiles in your neighborhood who share your love for books or invite your Facebook friends to join to share their bookshelf. Read your favorite category of books like mystery novels, romance novels or childrens’ books without any expense. Think about it, you may never have to buy another book again!
In today’s resource (books) sharing world, you can now read your favorite authors like Geronimo Stilton, Percy Jackson, Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle etc. by putting in your reading preferences which will provide you a matchup to share books. You can even download your Goodreads preference to make things quick and easy for you.
{A} How It Works
{ 1 } Scan ISBN barcode of novels in your bookshelf to catalog books
{ 2 } Record your reading preferences for a specific book like Fifty Shades of Grey, or a specific author like Percy Jackson or a specific category like mystery novels
{ 3 } Search for a matchup in your neighborhood or among your Facebook friends and invite them to a book swap
{ 4 } View your matchup’s virtual library to facilitate multiple book swaps
{ 5 } Once your invite is accepted, chat with your friends to decide on a time and location to barter books
{B} How We Save Money for You
{ 1 } We put value back into old books; your bookshelf is now a mini bookstore ( eg. 20 books x $ 10 per book x 4 times swap = $800)
{ 2 } You can barter novels multiple times, making it a store of value
{C} Tips for a great experience
{ 1 } Once you barter books, don’t return it back to the same person (unless they want it), just swap it forward. You will meetup with many more bibliophiles in this way.
{ 2 } Catalog books – at least 10 popular titles
{ 3 } Put in at least 5 book, 3 author and 3 category preferences to get loads of matchups
{ 4 } Invite your friends in your neighborhood, at work or schools / colleges to join the revolution
{ D } Hidden Benefits
{ 1 } Read new book releases for free
{ 2 } Love Geronimo Stilton or Famous Five Book Series? Get more of them on Novelinked
{ 3 } Reduces clutter at home and keeps you environmentally friendly
{ 4 } Your virtual library is mobile so you can swap books at multiple locations
{E} Use of Location Service
We request your permission to use your location at key times of using the App like Cataloging Books and Searching for Potential Matches. Maintaining Your privacy is very important to us & we recommend you manage your location under Application Manager > Settings if you are uncomfortable disclosing your location beyond these key times of using the App.
{F} Building a Service For You
We learn fastest from what our customers tell us. Please feel free to share your thoughts through email, both good and not so good with us on [email protected] and we will respond to you with a solution.
{G} Social Media / Press
{ 1 } Join 28,000 + fans on https://www.facebook.com/Novelinked/ and engage with interesting content related to books & reading.
{ 2 } We are exhibiting at TechInAsia, Singapore 2016 on April 12/13. Come visit us. (https://www.techinasia.com/5-local-startups-exhibiting-tech-asia-singapore-2016)
So we suggest you forget about buying books online or reading on an eReader when you can read for free through Novelinked. Truly a novel way of linking books to bibliophiles!
