Room Service for Readers
Bedside Reading® is a turnkey digital library and literary guest amenity created specifically for luxury and boutique hotels.
Through a hotel-branded QR code, guests receive complimentary access to 165+ eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and meditations.
No app, login, guest data collection, or PMS integration required.
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What Is the Bedside Reading Digital Program?”
Bedside Reading® is a turnkey digital library and literary guest amenity created specifically for luxury and boutique hotels. Through a hotel-branded QR code, guests receive complimentary access to more than 165 professionally curated eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and meditations. No app to download. No account to create. No guest data collected. No hotel technology integration required. It is room service for readers. REQUEST PARTNERSHIP DETAILS A Modern Hotel Amenity Designed Around How Guests Unwind. After a day of meetings, sightseeing, traveling, or relaxing by the pool, hotel guests often look for a simple way to unwind. Bedside Reading gives them one. Guests scan a QR code from a hotel-branded bookmark placed on the pillow, nightstand, front desk, pool area, or another location on the property. With one scan, guests enter a digital library filled with fiction, nonfiction, business, wellness, children’s books, podcasts, audiobooks, and guided meditations. The experience is immediate, private, and easy to use. Guests can continue enjoying the library after checkout, keeping the hotel connected to a memorable part of their stay. How Bedside Reading Works
What Guests Receive: Every guest receives complimentary access to:
Why Hotels Choose Bedside Reading: Bedside Reading helps hotels provide a distinctive guest experience without adding operational complexity. Hotels use the program to:
More Than a Digital Amenity: Bedside Reading does more than provide a QR code and digital library. We become a hotel marketing partner. Participating hotels may be featured through Bedside Reading’s social media, newsletters, editorial coverage, author programming, and hospitality storytelling. We love bragging about our hotel partners. Preferred partner hotels may also be recommended for author events, speaking engagements, book launches, retreats, and cultural programming. These introductions have generated more than $500,000 in incremental revenue for participating hotels over the past two years. Proven Guest Engagement The Bedside Reading Digital Program provides hotels with a measurable program, not simply a decorative amenity.
The most successful hotels place the branded QR code where guests will naturally discover it, especially on the pillow or bedside table. Trusted by Luxury and Boutique Hotels Founded in 2017, Bedside Reading has worked with luxury, boutique, lifestyle, resort, and business hotels. Hotel partners have included properties affiliated with Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Kimpton, Sonesta, Taj Hotels, Fairmont, Waldorf Astoria, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, and The Luxury Collection. Bedside Reading has been vetted and approved by Corporate Marriott and implemented in distinguished properties including The Pierre, A Taj Hotel; Acqualina Resort & Residences; Conrad New York Downtown; Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach; The Mayflower Hotel; Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia; and Andaz Miami Beach. Designed for Privacy and Simplicity. The Bedside Reading Digital Program complements the guest experience without interfering with existing hotel systems. The program requires:
The hotel simply provides access. A Sustainable, Digital-First Amenity. The Bedside Reading Digital Program reduces the need to store, transport, replace, and manage large quantities of physical books and printed materials. Hotels may still use an elegant branded bookmark as the guest’s entry point and keepsake. It is a small physical touchpoint that opens the door to an entire digital library. Who Is The Bedside Reading Digital Program For? Bedside Reading is designed for:
How Much Does Bedside Reading Cost? The Bedside Reading Digital Program is $299 per month, per hotel location. Preferred portfolio pricing of $199 per month, per location is available when 10 or more hotels enroll together with a 12-month commitment. The program can generally be launched within 24 hours after receiving the hotel’s branding and required information. Individual hotel partners have a 60-day cancellation provision. |
Today’s travelers increasingly prefer eBooks and audiobooks for their convenience, portability, and ease of access.
Conrad New York Downtown
165+ Audiobooks, eBooks, Meditations, Podcasts, Yoga
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Give them a moment of discovery.
Give them a reason to slow down.
Give them an experience they will remember when they remember your hotel.
Bedside Reading brings books, storytelling, wellness, and hospitality together in one simple, elegant digital amenity.
REQUEST PARTNERSHIP DETAILS: [email protected]
Bedside Reading®
Quiet Luxury for Modern Hospitality
- The Bedside Reading Digital Program a hotel app? No. Bedside Reading is completely browser-based. Guests scan a QR code and access the library without downloading an app. However, if they want to keep reading after they leave the property, they can use the app.
- Does Bedside Reading collect guest data? No. Bedside Reading does not require a guest account and does not collect, track, or store personal guest information.
- Does the program integrate with the hotel’s PMS? No PMS or internal hotel-system integration is required.
- Can guests use the library after checkout? Yes. Guests can continue accessing the Bedside Reading library after leaving the property.
- Who selects the books and other content? The Bedside Reading team professionally curates and licenses the content. The team reviews selections for quality, audience appeal, and compatibility with luxury hospitality environments.
- Can the experience be branded to our hotel? Yes. Each hotel receives a customized landing page and hotel-branded QR code experience.
- How much staff time is required? Very little. Bedside Reading manages the content, technology, updates, and digital experience. Hotel staff simply place or display the QR code where guests can discover it.
- Can Bedside Reading support hotel events? Yes. Preferred hotel partners may be considered for author events, retreats, literary programming, speaking engagements, and other cultural experiences.
- Is The Bedside Reading Digital Program available for hotel groups? Yes. Preferred pricing is available for hotel groups enrolling 10 or more properties with a 12-month commitment.
Give them a moment of discovery.
Give them a reason to slow down.
Give them an experience they will remember when they remember your hotel.
Bedside Reading brings books, storytelling, wellness, and hospitality together in one simple, elegant digital amenity.
REQUEST PARTNERSHIP DETAILS: [email protected]
Bedside Reading®
Quiet Luxury for Modern Hospitality
Hospitality-Focused
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100+ eBooks and Audiobooks
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Sample Digital Library 
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With over 100 bestselling audiobooks and eBooks, below is a representative sample of the types of titles guests may access through the Bedside Reading Digital Program.
Titles span wellness, personal growth, lifestyle, and general-interest categories and are selected to complement a hotel stay. Note: We never allow books with political or religious content. Sample titles shown for illustrative purposes only. The digital library is curated and refreshed regularly |
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Designed to Be Optional and FlexibleUse of guest communication materials is optional and fully customizable.
Hotels may adapt language, branding, and placement to align with their own voice, brand standards, and guest engagement strategies. Bedside Reading provides templates and support to make guest awareness simple, consistent, and brand-aligned. |
Common uses include:
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