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.
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.
Web - based
subscription sold
ebooks like digLloyd's Advanced Photography, high VAT
service or low VAT
ebook?
Some publishers
like to keep their name under the radar, but to name a few: Verso Books (US, UK), Cappelen Damm (largest publisher in Norway), Elly's Choice (largest
eBook subscription service in The Netherlands), Firsty Group (large solutions provider for the publishing industry in the UK), Profile Books (UK); web shops from Finland to Spain and from Peru to Colombia.
Wei Shi, an analyst at Strategy Analytics» wireless media strategies division, said that a significant development in the
eBook market is
subscription - based
services launched by platforms
like Amazon Unlimited, which have a model similar to how Spotify and Pandora work in the music industry.
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.
And they needed authors who were willing to experiment with things
like free promotions, bundling print and
ebooks, and offering their books as part of
subscription services.
It looks
like Amazon is going to get into the
ebook subscription service business in the near future, and it's likely to include audiobooks as well.
KU is Amazon's
ebook subscription service, which allows readers to pay a flat monthly rate to read as many
ebooks as they
like.
It'll be interesting to see how Amazon's
ebook subscription service differs (if at all) from existing
services like Scribd and Oyster.
To put into perspective what the latest
eBook market is doing, it seems
eBook subscription service providers have begun to open a new chapter of reading for readers to explore the books that they may
like conveniently.
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.