I think new subscription services are inevitable as retailers counter the threat posed by KU.
Not exact matches
That's the
thinking behind car
subscription services that are cropping up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, the
New York metro area, Atlanta, and several other cities in the South and Midwest.
If customers are having difficulty getting the most out of their platform, they're going to start
thinking about canceling their current
subscriptions and signing up with a
new service.
Does your heart rate increase at the mere
thought of a
new box
subscription service?
Porsche
thinks it might have the answer in the shape of a
new subscription service called Porsche Passport that's launching in the United States.
Honestly, I
think that Amazon should've added this
new feature to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, instead of fragmenting their children's reading
subscription services.
While I don't
think book
subscription services will get the traction of music and video
services, I do
think the format may fuel a resurgence of people writing serials and introducing a
new chapter or what I call a micro-book each month.
It has happened yet to any measure, but I
think it will and may be one of the ancillary benefits of the
new subscription services.
I
think these
subscription services will help make the ebook reading experience more accessible, desirable and enjoyable to a
new group of readers who prefer the convenience of
subscription access.
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.
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.
It is widely
thought among those who are advocates of these
new subscription services, that this
new model is going to be particularly appealing to the millennial, or Gen Y generation, who value experience over ownership.
If Microsoft can convince third party publishers to make
new games available as a
subscription service, gaming will have changed forever and Microsoft seems to
think they have scale to pull it off.