Sentences with phrase «n't ebook subscription»

Wait - aren't ebook subscription services supposed to be an «all you can read» platform?

Not an ebook subscription service, but you should check it out, just the same, if you haven't heard of it.

Not exact matches

Its possible to run a subscription like this and not lose money — the ebook subscription service Oyster, for example, was profitable in terms of gross — but it's very hard to do at the scale MoviePass is operating at and it's near impossible to do it with margins that would make investors salivate.

While the program isn't a free one, a year - long subscription to all materials (interactive ebooks for student, printable PDF versions of the books / lessons / other materials, and the data analytics for all of your students is just $ 89.

This as - of - yet untapped level on consumer — the person who wishes he read more books or was more up - to - date on current events, but simply doesn't have enough time to devote to this type of reading — is becoming a bigger focus among digital publishing platforms; last week, Rooster announced the March 11th launch of its «snippet» reading subscription that lets users consume serialized books at a fraction of the cost of full - size ebook subscriptions, again, optimized for smartphone reading.

Entitle Christian, as the service is called, allows its members to download up to four books per month depending on the pricing option they choose; unlike typical subscription models, this one serves as more of a book club of sorts, as the ebooks do not disappear after a predetermined amount of time.

3) You don't think there should be any force that determines a good book or a bad book but the public 4) You have built a company based on submitting user generation content to all major online bookstores, libraries and eBook subscription sites.

Penguin Random House UK CEO Tom Weldon has proclaimed that eBook subscription websites such as Amazon Unlimited, Scribd and Oyster are not viable business models.

It didn't take long after the launch of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service for the outcry to begin, but unlike other criticisms the retail book giant has weathered, this one came from its most staunch supporters: self - published authors.

Readfy has rolled out an ebook subscription service in Germany that offers subscribers the option to read ebooks for free as long as they don't mind enduring ads once in a while.

It's rare that Amazon isn't leading the charge in some aspect of the book industry, but news came out today that Amazon is experimenting with ebook subscription models.

Interestingly, the image only alludes to 600,000 titles available in the Amazon catalog, not the full ebook catalog, which could mean that Amazon would have the same problem with acquiring content for lending that has plagued the ebook subscription model since it first became news back in 2010.

Oyster is hoping to appeal to literary buffs that aren't currently paying for their eBook subscription service.

This post is a little misleading as the eBooks are not actually «free», but actually require a person / library to pay for a subscription as far as I can tell.

Several apps encourage children as creators too, and personalization is one of the trends that we'd expect to see... So far we haven't yet seen an eBook subscription service for families or for schools that's really caught on the UK, but there are a number of contenders and it will be interesting to see if one of them breaks through.»

Kindle Unlimited is not the only player in the ebook subscription service game right now.

There's a more expanded report on the ramifications of these eBook lending programs in the January issue of Infinity's Author's Advocate — if you aren't a subscriber, you may sign up for a free subscription by visiting www.infinitypublishing.com.

The report by Engel found that, in the case of Kindle Unlimited and other ebook subscription services, the book prices are set not by the publishers, but by the subscription service — therefore violating the Lang Law.

When you subscribe to an Amazon Prime subscription you get access to an entire fleet of ebook programs that many people are not aware of.

Not only could you now buy eBooks with the Kobo device, but you could also purchase magazines and newspaper subscriptions.

Not to be outdone, Google is expanding on its Google eBooks platform and soon will be offering newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Android devices.

One of the things that has kept subscription ebook reading from already securing its place on consumers» devices has been reluctance on the part of publishers, authors, and rights holders to adopt a model that didn't offer very clear explanations of how royalties will be determined.

Further, owners don't get to own the ebooks they have borrowed from Oyster, for the moment the monthly subscription is discontinued, all of the ebooks will vanish from your device.

While other ebook subscription startups have been around for years, Oyster and Scribd have made the most headway with not only enticing readers into the benefits of their programs, but also in working with some publishers to put their titles in the catalogs with the most viable compensation models so far.

Oyster isn't exactly the first company to offer subscription - based ebooks.

This doesn't seem to be a popular sentiment at the moment, but I believe 2015 will bring with it the demise of the broad - based subscription model for ebooks.

Oh, I should clarify, Scribd doesn't separate audiobooks from ebooks, they're both in ONE subscription.

Since KU is a subscription model, users aren't buying a copy of an ebook.

You don't pay anything monthly for Kindles unless you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, Amazon's ebooks subscription service.

Virtually all books that are out of copyright are already available for free across the internet at various sites in most formats and you can use several apps to convert them into the Kindle ebook format.I can not support any attempt by Amazon to start charging for books that are already free.I do support the concept of a subscription based ebook service however and encourage all publishers to enter into such an agreement as quickly as possible before they become completely irrelevant.

In Aggarwal's view, as the Kindle ecosystem expands, Kindle device users will not only continue buying more eBooks but also subscriptions, accessories, hardware warranties, and eventually use Kindle's wireless and computing capabilities for other data and content consumption (e.g. pictures, music, videos, email, etc.).

The concept of an «all - you - can - read» subscription to eBook content is certainly not new.

I also believe that The Association of American Publishers in their survey are not taking into account the rise of the subscription ebook model, such as Scribd, Oyster, Entitle and Kindle Unlimited.

In particular, the subscription ebook business threatens libraries, but it isn't clear yet how commercially viable it will be.

It's a complicated landscape out there in terms of libraries providing popular e-books — a lot of infrastructure costs with OverDrive, copyright issues over multiple downloads for Amazon Kindle and the like, and oldish materials on our TexShare NetLibrary accounts that you can't download anyway (I am only referring to the ebook subscription here, not the e-Audiobook subscription).

The concept of advertisements in ebooks is not new, and there are entire subscription models based on tolerating or eliminating ads.

Whereas unlimited magazine subscriptions make sense in terms of the quick consumption of the issue, ebook subscribers felt the pinch of paying for a service and then not having time to truly take advantage of the unlimited nature of it.

Frankly, it didn't take that much time to come to the same conclusions about ebook subscriptions as Mr. Weldon.

So not only can you organize your pure ebook library, you can then have a separate menu category devoted to your one, or many, newspaper subscriptions.

By establishing distribution deals with not only all of the major ebook retailers and a host of often overlooked, lesser known retail platforms, Smashwords has also inked distribution deals with Scrib, Oyster, and OverDrive, giving indie authors the chance to put their works in subscription - based and public library lending opportunities.

Not only can you purchase ebooks via the Kobo store, but also magazines and newspaper subscriptions.

Many ebook marketers — especially those promoting «how to make your fortune online» market themselves through email and videos and offer a range of services: ebooks, subscriptions, one - to - one counseling: clearly a full - time job in itself and not one that many writers would enjoy.

And with the contracts that are coming out that leave discounting in ebooks in the hands publishers — I think Amazon 1) needed to have a competing subscription service so as not to lose out in this new model and 2) needed content — which is why they turned to indies as they always have to get content when traditional publishers won't play ball.

Oyster is not the trailblazer in this eBook subscription field.

It is not the first, nor will it be the last start up to offer ebooks under subscription.

I'm not saying ebook / digital subscriptions are «the» answer, or that either of the three start - ups I mentioned in the beginning are the «one» to follow or subscribe to --

Ebooks you absolutely want to read will still be bought if they're not part of an all - you - can - read subscription, but all others become irrelevant.

But like the other business models out there, I'm not sure it's yet clear how profitable or successful subscriptions for ebooks are.

Matthias Matting of Die Self - Publisher - Bibel points out that the updated law does not apply to ebook subscription and lending services.

Frankly, I found this disappointing, but not unexpected since the fear is you wouldn't buy a printed copy (or a DRM - infested ebook copy) if you could read the old volumes online for a subscription price.