Kobo Plus is doing some fairly innovative things with their first
e-book subscription platform that is only available in the Netherlands.
France has been very apprehensive about
e-book subscription platforms and how disruptive they might be towards the book selling industry.
Scribd, eReatah, and other
e-book subscription platforms are popping up all over the place.
Not exact matches
Additionally, Scribd is trying to convince local publishers that their
subscription e-book platform is viable.
Oyster has started selling new
e-book titles, instead of just having an
subscription platform.
However, we have been able to continue our database
subscriptions and our
e-book platform.
Her startup is called Write or Read, a
subscription site for
e-books that gives readers access to a wide variety of titles and helps writers build their
platform by providing metrics and insights to help them become more successful.
The idea is that Apple will allow app - owners to charge for in - app virtual goods like
e-books and magazine
subscriptions using the iTunes
platform, but taking a 30 % cut in the process.
Spotify, which is another revolutionary
platform that even Smashwords CEO Mark Coker has likened to Oyster's
e-book subscription app, offers a similar service for music lovers, with free and premium - paid services.
-- In a future second phase the
platform plans to negotiate agreements to offer their
e-books through tech giants Apple, Amazon and Google (though publishers will have to kick in an extra 2 % for this service), and will also contemplate different models including
subscription, streaming and lending.
Overdrive's
e-book platform currently operates on what I consider to be basically a «
subscription» basis.