Oyster, which had more than 100,000 subscribers, met its match last year when Amazon launched
a competing subscription books service.
Not exact matches
Books from publisher Simon & Schuster are coming to two
competing all - you - can - read e-book
subscription services.
Additionally, if Amazon dropped exclusivity, then the
competing subscription services would have access to all
books, while Amazon would not have access to the Big - 5
books.
I do think that Amazon does have a problem — if they can't get large number of traditionally published
books — even back lists — in KU, and they continue to lose those of us who do have
books that readers like — they are going to have trouble
competing with the other
subscription services.
Fortunately, we see new
services pop up in various parts of the
book market several times each year, and Amazon
competes with each in turn; would Amazon offer a
book subscription service if Oyster and Scribd didn't exist?
The app
competes with Oyster, a similar e-book
subscription service, and Amazon Kindle Unlimited, which also gives you unlimited access to select Kindle
books for a monthly fee.