The rapidly advancing ebook subscription service Scribd, has teamed up with Lonely Planet to form a travel category. The link below is to an article reporting on this new partnership.
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/scribd-launches-travel-category-with-lonely-planet-partnership_b84043
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Spain’s ebook subscription service – Nubico.
For more visit:
http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/02/inside-nubico-spains-latest-ebook-subscription-service/
The link below is to an article that reports on Oyster adding kids books to it ebook subscription service.
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/oyster-adds-kids-books-to-collection_b82737
The link below is to an article that takes a look at how the ‘Netflix’ of ebooks established itself.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57617713-93/how-the-netflix-of-books-won-over-the-publishing-industry-q-a/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Scribd’s new ebook subscription service.
For more visit:
http://web.appstorm.net/reviews/media-reviews/scribds-new-ebook-subscription-service/
In the past couple of months, two ebook subscription services — Oyster and Scribd — have launched. Both aim to be a “Netflix (S NFLX) for ebooks,” providing unlimited access to ebooks from a variety of publishers for a set monthly fee.
Both Oyster and Scribd have been fairly circumspect about how authors are paid when their books are accessed through the apps — in part because the terms may vary slightly by publisher. Now, though, we’re getting a little bit more information on how author payments through Oyster work.
Self-publishing distributor Smashwords is letting its authors include their ebooks in Oyster. On Friday, Smashwords CEO Mark Coker sent authors and publishers an email explaining how the financial terms of the arrangement will work:
“As a Smashwords author or publisher, you’ll earn 60 percent of your book’s retail list price whenever an Oyster subscriber reads more than 10 percent of…
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The link below is to an article reporting on Nubico, yet another ebook subscription service, this time from Spain.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/10/20/new-spotify-ebooks-launches-spain/
Oyster, the Peter Thiel-backed startup that aims to be a Netflix (s NFLX) for ebooks, was iPhone-only and invite-only for its first six weeks. On Wednesday, though, Oyster launched its iPad (s AAPL) app and opened up to everyone. And it is now offering a free 30-day trial of its service — which is essential, since consumers are still very unfamiliar with ebook subscription services.
When I reviewed Oyster six weeks ago, I was impressed by its design and its offerings — over 100,000 in-copyright ebooks for $9.95 a month. But I thought the app’s lack of availability on iPad was a big drawback because I think it’s hard to do serious reading on an iPhone. The launch on iPad remedies this problem, of course, and subscribers’ books will sync between both devices.
Oyster’s design on iPad is great, just as the iPhone app design is. One feature…
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