How can I read quality design books on a budget?
In short: use your local library or get an everand subscription.
Often, quality books on Service Design, Innovation or Design in general can be pretty expensive.
So here are two ways for you to read such books when you are in a moment where money is an issue:
Use your local library
Yeah, old school I know, but most libraries have a good selection of books and many allow you to request books from other libraries.
Use the Everand app
Everand is an app that I've used to read a lot of books. It's like a Netflix for books. You pay a monthly or yearly subscription and can read as many books as you want from their library.
You don't find all the books in there, but for example, you can find a few very good books like:
- The Service Organization
- Service Design for Business
- Change by Design
- Good Services
- Value Proposition Design
- Business Model Generation
At the time of writing, it costs about 12 bucks for a one-year subscription. This means that if I read two books ebooks, it's already worth it.
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