Online book rental in India Online book rental in India Online book rental refers to a service wherein users rent books via the internet. Users browse books online and have their choices home-delivered, rather than physically visiting a library to borrow a book. This e-commerce model is very similar to the popular video rental service provided by the California-based Netflix. Online book rental is gaining popularity in India, with a number of websites offering free doorstep delivery for a small monthly fee. The popularity of such websites can be attributed to increasing internet usage in the country; India is expected to have the third-largest number
Zavvi (retailer) had entered into administration, rival HMV's share prices rose, as it left HMV as the only major high street retailer offering the same products. Similarly, the online retailer Play.com announced that its profit had risen by 24% over the Christmas trading period and despite the economic downturn, sales of entertainment products overall in the industry rose by 0.7% in the fourth quarter in comparison to sales of the same period in 2007. On 13 January 2009, the video games retailer Game attributed the rise in profits to the loss of competition of Zavvi and Woolworths. Chief executive Lisa Morgan said