Sentences with phrase «subscription reading»

2014 was the year subscription reading services finally gained attention.

Imagine the % of subscription reads paid to authors through publishers vs. a purchased book; take 10 % or less of that for what passes through to the author.

But with the recent launch of these platforms and the current climate of stronger digital focus, publishers are more willing to venture into subscription reading.

Add this new content to the catalog of works from over 900 publishers in many different languages, and it begins to explain why this round of subscription reading may finally take hold.

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Amazon also is offering up to 40 % off on its Kindle Unlimited subscription reading service.

Jared Friedman, Co-founder & CTO of ebook subscription reading service Scribd said «We were really excited to see half of readers using two or more devices, and 10 % of reading three or more devices.

Scholastic, the award - winning powerhouse in children's publishing, made a announcement today that their ebook reading app Storia would be closing, making way for a bigger focus on its Storia School Edition subscription reading program.

Rooster's co-founder and editorial director Yael Goldstein Love spoke to Good e-Reader today about the appeal of serialized subscription reading.

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The fact that Kobo has all the books you're probably looking for is part of why Amazon kept trying to pump up its self - published authors and $ 9.99 per month Kindle Unlimited subscription reading plan when I met with the company.

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For ebook reading consumers, we came across brand - new or limited edition devices from four different companies today, including Bookeen, Imcosys, Tolio, and txtr; txrt actually spoke at length about pending plans for a subscription - based reading service, highlighting several features that their platform will offer that the slow - to - adoption subscription reading market has lacked.

When subscription reading was first introduced several years ago, companies like Spain - based 24Symbols introduced some of the first of a variety of different models.

Award - winning children's enhanced storybook creator Auryn, who recently launched its StoriesAlive subscription reading service for kids, has put out a list of vetted and dynamic kids» subscriptions for tablet - based content.

Scribd and Oyster, two companies who are finally bringing some much - needed focused attention to the long sought after subscription reading model, are both making their unlimited pay - per - month service available for gifting in easy to purchase increments.

Oyster is a newly launched e-book subscription reading app, currently only available for the iPhone and iPad, that has some in publishing wondering if it will revolutionize e-reading as we know it.

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Scribd is the premier subscription reading service with more than 500,000 titles, including New York Times bestsellers, classics, and reader favorites in every genre.

All - you - can - eat unlimited ebook subscription reading has finally come into its own with the launch of a couple of different platforms, namely Oyster and Scribd.

You save $ 9 more when you add six months of Kindle Unlimited, Amazon's subscription reading program.

The co-founder and editorial director Yael Goldstein Love spoke to Good e-Reader today about the appeal of serialized subscription reading.

The first is an attempt at a viable subscription reading service, something that has been attempted by many, many others, with little success; the other is a platform that provides authors with concrete data on what their readers are engaging with and for how long.

I personally find most self - published titles to be pretty bad, with only rare exceptions, and Amazon's subscription reading plan doesn't have the specific books I want.

Justo Hidalgo, founder and chief development officer of Madrid - based 24symbols digital subscription reading service, announced at the Digital Book World Conference + Expo... Read more

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One of the chief drawbacks to the adoption of subscription reading, Grandinetti believes, is that ebook sales are currently doing really well.

Describing themselves as a premier subscription reading service, Scribd was founded in 2005 in San Francisco by Jared Friedman, Tikhon Bernstam, and John R. Adler.

On the other hand, ebook subscription platforms like Rooster see unlimited content for one continuous low price as more media than most readers can handle; Rooster offered a cheaper alternative to subscription reading that provided less content for a lower cost, appealing to those readers who were honest enough with themselves to say that they wouldn't reap enough benefit in terms of amount of content to justify the higher price.

Another major prediction, one that Good e-Reader wholeheartedly agrees with and has discussed in several interviews, is that subscription reading will finally take off in the way that it has for music and movies.

Just as publishers have been slow to evolve on acceptance of subscription reading, it would appear that readers have as well.

While the original book club model may have fallen by the wayside, subscription reading is seeing a comeback of sorts under the ebook and long - form journalism platforms.

Today, GigaOm's Laura Hazard Owen highlighted one independent bookstore that is reaching out to its customers with its own branded app and subscription reading, all in an effort to retain customers and aid in book discovery.

But Dusseldorf - based Readfy is hoping their own brand of subscription reading will finally prove to be what readers want.

Shebooks is a short - form ebook service that offers stand - alone sales and subscription reading of their select titles.

But what may have really helped Scribd establish its foothold in the model is the way the company continues to make the subscription reading experience every bit as enjoyable and seamless when compared to how these same consumers would be using ebooks if they were buying them individually.

GoodeReader reported yesterday on the iOS launch of Next Issue's subscription reading service from a number of mainstream publishers.

Some early adopters jumped on board immediately to pay a flat rate for unlimited access, but by and large, the early days of subscription reading were disappointing.

At least I know what Kobo and Apple will pay me per sale, rather than the unknown pot of money for borrows or subscription reading.