It was the only kind of deal publishers would sign (for lots of good reasons, and some less less good reasons), but that did not make the economics stack up any better: the writing was on the wall back in July when
rival subscription company Scribd culled a range of romance and erotica titles from its service because they were costing the company too much money.
Not exact matches
Nick Sampson, the head of research and development at Faraday Future — Tesla's purported
rival — talked about exploring a «
subscription model» when the
company unveiled their concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2015.
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.