With the launch of the Windows app, paired with existing apps for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire and Nook tablets, Scribd has been downloaded more than 6 million times — placing it on more devices in more countries than
any other subscription book service.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
On Thursday, France's Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, announced that Kindle Unlimited (KU) and
other unlimited ebook
subscription services are illegal in France because they violate the country's fixed
book price law.
the only
subscription service paying authors by pages read,
others, like Scribd or Bookmate do not ask for exclusivity: you can enjoy all advantages of great visibility and high download rates while still selling your
books through
other channels.
While Amazon KU is not the only
subscription service paying authors by pages read,
others, like Scribd or Bookmate do not ask for exclusivity: you can enjoy all advantages of great visibility and high download rates while still selling your
books through
other channels.
I do think that Amazon does have a problem — if they can't get large number of traditionally published
books — even back lists — in KU, and they continue to lose those of us who do have
books that readers like — they are going to have trouble competing with the
other subscription services.
Sowards here points to two possible challenges libraries face with
subscription services: First, there may be overlap and duplication because libraries already have purchased some
books found in those eCollections through
other channels and in
other formats, and second, titles are sometimes pulled from eCollections — often without prior notice to the subscribing institution — because contractual agreements between publishers and
subscription - package aggregators may be subject to change.
Through the new
service, Amazon enters direct competition with
other e-book
subscription services like Scribd and Oyster, two slightly cheaper
services with a smaller selection of titles but including
books from popular publishers like HarperCollins.
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.