Sentences with phrase «e-book subscription market»

Nielsen is right about the e-book subscription market being very small.

Entitle was solely reliant on venture capital funding in order to keep the lights on, because the e-book subscription market does not have enough paid readers to make the business model viable on its own.

The move makes Simon & Schuster the second of the Big 5 publishers to experiment with the relatively new e-book subscription market.

Eric Stromberg, cofounder and CEO of Oyster, framed the deal as a strong endorsement for the e-book subscription market, or as he put it, the access model.

Stromberg emphasized that it's still «early stages» for the e-book subscription market, but that he continues to believe in the company's original «thesis» that «reading preferences will shift to unlimited subscriptions» for e-books.

The New York - based publishing house, whose roots date back to 1817, was the only one of the Big Five publishers to offer some of its backlist titles — and perhaps more importantly, some of its prestige — to these startups at launch, helping to kickstart the fledging Netflix - like e-book subscription market.

Entitle went out of business in July and like Oyster they were solely reliant on venture capital funding in order to keep the lights on, because the e-book subscription market does not have enough paid readers to make the business model viable on its own.

Not exact matches

Adler isn't convinced that e-book subscriptions will be a winner - take - all market, though he admits there may be some «consolidation» down the road.

e-book subscription websites are a relatively new segment of the market and most top publishers have not bought into the concept yet.

The graph above shows the proportion of digital sales in the overall book market in some selected countries; in some cases the figures distinguish between the sales of e-books as such and the broader sales of digital products from publishers (such as databases and subscriptions).

As long as indie authors and publishers are being fairly compensated and making a comparable percentage of what they would in the typical e-book market, I think subscription services will be a success.

When asked whether he too believes e-book subscriptions could be a multi-billion dollar market, Stromberg had a more cautious answer than Adler.

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Trip Adler, Scribd's cofounder and CEO, described the new e-book service as a logical extension of its subscription option for premium documents and argued that Scribd's more established brand made it a stronger contender to dominate what he sees as being a multi-billion dollar market.

Moreover, Defendants» conspiracy and agreement has resulted in obvious and demonstrable anticompetitive effects on consumers in the trade e-books market by depriving consumers of the benefits of competition among e-book retailers as to both retail prices and retail innovations (such as e-book clubs and subscription plans), such that it constitutes an unreasonable restraint on trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.

BOOKMATE (http://bookmate.com) offers a subscription model for e-books directed towards users in emerging markets where piracy issues are rife.

Amazon.com, the world's largest online book retailer, has expanded its e-book market to its first non-English speaking country, launching Amazon.de's Kindle store to Germany on April 23rd and releasing over 650,000 Kindle titles, many in German, as well as popular newspaper and magazine subscriptions

Not being able to convince publishers that e-book subscriptions are a viable model and failing to get enough international distribution rights limited Entitle to solely existing in the US market.

Nielsen has stated that only 5 % of US consumers have signed up for any e-book subscription solution, so the market remains small.

Book Mate launched their unlimited e-book subscription service in 2013 and their primary markets are Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Pakistan, India and the Philippines.

Reports out of the U.S. market suggest e-book sales have actually been falling, but Mr. Shatzkin points out the widely cited figures from the Association of American Publishers exclude self - publishing sales and subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited.

Many e-book subscription sites have dabbled in audio, but have since scaled back, because of the market demand and high costs, making it unprofitable, what are your thoughts?

Oyster is the other mainstream e-Book subscription service and tends to only focus on the US market.

If these all - you - can - read subscription services like Kindle Unlimited and Scribd pan out, I think that's the end of free book marketing «value» for e-books.

The move to introduce audiobooks to an e-book subscription service improves Scribd's offering in an increasingly competitive market and expands the notion of what a digital book subscription service can entail.

Scribd entered the book subscription market last fall, after dabbling with more conventional e-book downloads.

In just a few short years, the Russian e-book subscription service Bookmate has become a market force in Indonesia, Latin America and CIS countries.

Seattle - based Amazon wants to break into the subscription e-book market.

Hull's appointment marks e-book subscription company Mofibo's intention to enter the UK market following its success in Denmark.