People who use Google Play have the ability to rent movies, television shows and a select number of digital textbooks. They have just launched a new system to rent out ebooks. There is a small section that just quietly went live last week and features around 200 titles from Open Road Media. The price ranges from $1 to $2Â and the rental period is 3 days, which is enough time to … [Read more...] about Google Play is now renting ebooks
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Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals
Digital bookseller Bilbary launched last year with an ebook sales platform, making over 800,000 titles available for sale to customers across the UK and other markets. Now, Bilbary has announced that its ebook rental service will hopefully launch before the end of the year. Unlike rental platforms that tried with limited success to create a Netflix-like subscription based … [Read more...] about Bilbary Launches eBook Rentals
Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
GoodEReader has already profiled the pending launch of ebook sales and rental site Bilbary, founded by the former head of Waterstones, Tim Coates. With the recent US launch of the company and the site’s plans to begin renting ebooks as soon as the end of this summer, Amy Riach was on hand at BookExpo to increase the company’s exposure, focus the brand, and work on growing the … [Read more...] about Bilbary Set to Launch eBook Rental, Agency Titles
A New Plan to Replace High-Priced College Texts
Since the widespread rise in the popularity of digital publishing, literally dozens of different devices for e-reading flooded a market that cannot seem to get enough of screen-based reading. It wasn’t long before ebook lending libraries appeared, followed closely by libraries that actually loan out the e-reader device to patrons who don’t own compatible hardware that will … [Read more...] about A New Plan to Replace High-Priced College Texts