Here is one of Delhi's best kept secrets
— "Book Me A Book", the Capital's first
and only online library (www.BookMeABook.com) offering free
home delivery of books. Believe it!
After creating a user id and paying the fees online —
all very simply done — you are ready to browse their
shelves. Everything is logically categorized, and it's all
there — the latest bestsellers, classics, biographies,
science fiction. Even comic books.
T H E Y H A V E I
T A L L
You will probably receive the first batch
of books the very next morning, followed by a "welcome
new member" call from Nidhi Verma, who is charge of operations
and customer interactions.
H
O W I T W O R K S
The service was started in late 2007 by Nidhi
and her mother-in-law Manjula Sharma. The idea of an online
library was born out of the fact that among other reasons,
book reading was on the decline due to high cost of books,
coupled with low visits to bookshops due to ever-increasing
distances and daunting traffic/parking problems...
So what are you waiting for? Go and book yourself that book!
