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This was illustrated by rival ebook subscription service Scribd when it dumped lots of romance and erotica titles from its line - up in July because they were too popular with readers and cost the company too much.
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Distributor Draft2Digital has added ebook subscription service Scribd to its range of sales channels and authors will get royalties of 60 % for sales through Scribd, plus a partial - read deal.
Ebook subscription service Scribd has dumped many romance and erotica novels from its line - up because they are so popular with readers that they cost the company too much.
The Smashwords link - up with ebook subscription service Scribd has got off to a strong start, with early sales exceeding expectations and continuing to grow, and now showcasing indie authors on the Scribd website front page.
D2D's other channels include iBooks, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Kobo, Page Foundry, ebook subscription service Scribd and Amazon's self - published print book arm CreateSpace.
When Smashwords signed a deal last December to supply ebook subscription service Scribd, many Smashwords authors were concerned over possible piracy problems.
Ebook subscription service Scribd has gone back to «unlimited» access to ebooks and audiobooks for subscribers two years after ditching its original unlimited deal and capping members at three ebooks a month plus one audiobook.
The ebook subscription service Scribd has just expanded its catalog offerings with a mountain of audiobooks — 30,000, if you're counting.
The ebook subscription service Scribd has expanded its library to include more than 10,000 comic books and graphic novels, bringing its total title count to the 1 million mark.
Today, ebook subscription service Scribd and Smashwords announced a venture that will put more than 225,000 ebooks into the subscription catalog, letting more than 70,000 authors» works be accessed by members of Scribd's service.
Smashwords signed a distribution agreement with eBook subscription service Scribd last December.
Amazon's service, which has been rumored for a couple of months, would compete with existing ebook subscription services Scribd and Oyster.
Not exact matches
Playster is a digital entertainment subscription service that includes ebooks, similar to Scribd, Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, and the now - defunct Oyster: for $ 9.95 a month, you can access what Playster advertises as a library of more than 250,000 «premium titles» — «the world's only truly unlimited ebook service» (source).
Scribd — Scribd is a monthly subscription service for ebooks and audiobooks.
Scribd has lined up a treat for owners of the Kindle Fire range of tablet devices; the company's online ebook subscription service which has now been extended to include to the Kindle Fire tablets.
whether the most avid ebook readers have switched to ebook subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited or Scribd.
Owen also pointed out that HarperCollins is the only Big 5 publisher that has signed on with Scribd, «just as HarperCollins is the only Big 5 publisher making its books available to Oyster or to another recently launched ebook subscription service, eReatah.»
whether the most voracious ebook readers have switched to ebook subscription services such as Kindle Unlimited or Scribd.
Oyster and Scribd are the only two companies to really make the entire eBook subscription service a viable business model.
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Scribd, the popular document sharing service, jumped into the ring earlier this month with a slightly cheaper ebook subscription service — $ 8.99 per month — but an undisclosed number of books to read.
«While the publishing world's US subscription players (Oyster, Scribd, and Kindle Unlimited) remain everyone's favorite punching bags — and as Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Tidal splinters the user experience in the music world — ebook subscription services across Europe such as Mofibo (Scandinavia), Nubico (Spain), Skoobe (Germany) have to navigate unnecessarily complicated waters, constantly justifying their own positions and dodging the looming tar brush that «subscriptions are bad news» — all because of the actions of others.»
He also talks about the illustrated book business is on the decline and eBook subscription services like Oyster and Scribd entering a boom period.
If you like getting your reading material via ebook subscription services, I can report that Oyster and Scribd do both have Android apps.
Amazon last week unveiled Kindle Unlimited, following in the footsteps of ebook subscription services Oyster and Scribd.
More publishers will endorse the subscription ebook model by doing business with Oyster, Scribd and other similar services.
Scribd was one of the first companies to launch an eBook subscription service.
Smashwords struck a deal with Scribd to add more than 200,000 eBooks by indie authors to the subscription service started by Scribd.
Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited, a subscription ebook service similar to Oyster and Scribd.
Several companies have started offering ebook subscription services, such as Oyster, Scribd and Entitle, over the past year; it was only a matter of time before Amazon got onboard with the idea as well — now if only they can convince some big - name publishers too (that's probably what's delaying the announcement).
Scribd is the first eBook subscription service to reach agreement with this many comic book publishers.
And libraries are facing new competitors in the form of ebook subscription services, such as Scribd and Oyster.
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It'll be interesting to see how Amazon's ebook subscription service differs (if at all) from existing services like Scribd and Oyster.
There are a number of ebook subscription services cropping up lately, but Scribd is the only one offering audiobooks in addition to ebooks, along with Amazon's Kindle Unlimited service.
Yesterday Scribd, an online ebook subscription service, announced that they have added 30,000 audiobooks to their catalog.
Other ebook subscription services include Scribd, Oyster, and Entitle.
If your title is IR Approved (4 or 5 stars), it will be included in IR's Curation Services, which to date include Scribd, the ebook subscription service and Bibliolabs, the resource for libraries.
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Neither Scribd nor Oyster divulge a great deal in the way of statistics, but in January, Scribd said that since the launch of the subscription service in October 2013, the subscriber base has grown by an average of 31 % a month, with readers spending over 17 million hours reading 500,000 ebooks.
The well established document - sharing service Scribd recently added an ebook subscription service for $ 8.99 a month.
The new move takes Scribd over the one million mark for the total of ebooks it offers on its $ 8.99 a month subscription service, which is available in the US and UK.
Scribd was set up 10 years ago in 2007 as a document - sharing site but launched an ebook subscription service in 2013.
Kindle Unlimited is Amazon's response to the initial success of ebook subscription services such as Scribd and Oyster Books.
In October 2013, Scribd introduced a monthly ebook subscription service that provides users across multiple platforms with all - you - can - read ebooks at a set per month price.
Peter Balis, Wiley Vice President, Business Development, Global Digital Books, says: «We are excited to make our books available through Scribd's ebook subscription service with their international audience of 80 million users across all devices.
I think history will show that the new breed of subscription ebook services like Scribd will grow the number of readers who are enjoying and consuming ebooks.
And then I look at the pure plays like Barnes & Noble and Kobo, or ebook subscription services like Scribd, for which their businesses are almost entirely dependent upon their ability to sell books at a profit.
Reports indicate that although none of the Big 5 publishers has signed up for KU, the publishers that have signed have done so for a deal of 60 % of list price, which seems to be the going rate for distribution through rival ebook subscription services such as Scribd and Oyster Books.