Kindle Unlimited is billed as a Netflix for
eBooks subscription system.
Scribd has reintroduced an unlimited audiobook and
ebook subscription system.
Amazon is in talks with several major publishers to offer
a ebook subscription system for phones and tablets that is comparable to Netflix.
Not exact matches
Obviously their
ebook unit will never compare to the sheer amount of money their operating
system yields, Microsoft Office and 365
subscription sales, the cloud unit geared towards businesses or even their intellectual property and licensing division.
One of the draw backs is that Apple's
subscription based
system via the Appstore was only able to handle 10,000 products maximum, which would hurt the major
ebook stores such as Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble.
Magazines,
eBooks and an emerging Netflix-esque
subscription system are other options.
This
eBook solution includes a comprehensive
subscription for both digital content and in - library hardware, along with apps for borrowing and reading, providing libraries with a simple and turnkey
system for participating in the digital revolution.
It is a
system that has 2,000
eBooks and will be delivered in a
subscription format.
• Enhanced in - store seamless connectivity to enjoy free Wi - Fi, with More In Store content promotions exclusively for Nook owners • Improved opening of
eBooks and ePeriodicals • Improved response to Reading Now and Settings buttons • Current reading page and bookmarks on all
eBooks are properly saved when you power your Nook off • Eligible LendMe
eBooks in your library have LendMe flags • Easier navigation of daily
subscriptions with issues rolled into one folder • Improved «back» button functionality for navigating
eBooks and ePeriodicals • Personal files downloaded and displayed in My Documents can be sorted by author and title • Overall
system improvements and battery optimization.
Also tolino select, the new
subscription model for
eBooks, which relies on a bookseller preselection and recommendation, offers readers since October 2017 another reading service in the eco
system of tolino.
In addition to the costs for Destiny itself, annual dues of $ 1.50 per student cover costs for on - site training and maintenance of the
system as well as for access to online interlibrary loan for students and teachers; group
subscriptions to CultureGrams, LibGuides CMS and LibWizard, and ExploringNature.org; and a shared
eBook collection.
Odilo, a leading
eBook provider in Europe and Latin America, has partnered with Electronic Information Solutions Inc. (EISI), Philippine's leading provider of library automation, information management, copy cataloging, library security
systems, and
subscriptions to eJournals and
eBooks.
But this will only work if a library has a
system set up in place to accept these types of donations, and if the
ebook lending platform allows for you to buy specific books (instead of a Netflix - like
subscription where you don't get to pick individual titles).
Amazon has been unsurprisingly reticent about sharing data about their Kindle Unlimited program, a
subscription system that lets you download ostensibly free
ebooks, mostly from Indie authors.
Amazon has extended its Kindle Unlimited
ebook subscription service to India at a bargain price but is warning authors that its pay - per - page
system will need to be amended eventually for
ebooks borrowed in the Indian market.