Scribd has lined up a treat for owners of the Kindle Fire range of tablet devices; the company's online ebook subscription service which has now been extended to include to the Kindle Fire tablets. This has been made possible via an app that was launched on Wednesday and will offer unlimited ebook downloads for the same $9 a month as it offers for other Android and iOS devices. … [Read more...] about Scribd Launches eBook Subscription Service For The Kindle Fire Tablet
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Epic! Launches Children’s Unlimited eBook Subscription Service
Epic! launched its 12-and-under service on iPad today, bringing what it claims to be thousands of titles from well-known publishers to children's devices for just $9.99 a month. This venture was made possible through the $1.4 million in seed funding from Menlo Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Innovation Endeavors, Maven Ventures, Morado Ventures and others. Epic! is … [Read more...] about Epic! Launches Children’s Unlimited eBook Subscription Service
Norway’s Answer to eBook Lending: Free Books
As US libraries and subscription models struggle with publishers and rights holders on how to ensure that revenue reaches the right people under lending models, the National Library of Norway seems to have hit on a model that works for them: just give the books away online, and pay the publishers yourself. According to an article in the Telegraph, over 135,000 books will be … [Read more...] about Norway’s Answer to eBook Lending: Free Books
bluebottlebiz Maintains Subscription eBook Service for Business Publishing
Subscription digital reading is getting a lot of speculation and attention lately, especially with companies like Oyster and Scribd offering what might actually be some of the first viable models for mainstream book borrowing. While both models finally have secured agreements with major publishers under a Netflix-like all-you-can-eat model, those names are certainly not the … [Read more...] about bluebottlebiz Maintains Subscription eBook Service for Business Publishing
Give the Gift of Subscription Reading this Holiday Season
Sometimes, it's not enough to know that Aunt Janet loves to read, and therefore should be given a book for Christmas. Has she read that book already? Does she even like mysteries? Is Aunt Janet going to be offended by the language of explicit nature of this particular book? With the advent of digital publishing and ebooks, even gift cards can be difficult. An Amazon gift … [Read more...] about Give the Gift of Subscription Reading this Holiday Season