Australia has proven itself a major growth market for Scribd. Subscriptions have more than tripled in the country in less than a year. This has prompted Scribd to negotiate with their publishing partners to bring modern bestsellers to Australia in a bid to appeal to serious readers. Scribd is employing a different kind of strategy to the Australian market. First of all they … [Read more...] about Scribd Brings Bestselling eBooks to Australia
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Kindle Unlimited is the Most Popular e-book Subscription Service
Kindle Unlimited is the latest entrant into Netflix for e-books subscription style of service. In a short period of time Amazon has managed to attain more paid members using its platform than the competition. The Codex Group has reported in their April 2015 consumer survey, 12.4% of digital book consumers have a Kindle Unlimited subscription. In comparison, only 1.4% of … [Read more...] about Kindle Unlimited is the Most Popular e-book Subscription Service
Scribd Now Offers Thousands of Bestselling Audiobooks
Scribd has ironed out a new agreement with Penguin/Randomhouse to include over 9,000 audiobooks. Listeners will be able to check out some current bestsellers, such as The Girl on the Train, Fifty Shades of Grey, Gone Girl, Wild, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and A Game of Thrones; award-winning recordings such as Bill Clinton’s My Life narrated by the former president, John … [Read more...] about Scribd Now Offers Thousands of Bestselling Audiobooks
Scribd is Now the Netflix of Comic Books
Scribd is likely the largest e-book subscription website where users pay $8.99 a month to read as many books as they would like. Lately, the company has been on a rampage adding audiobooks and now comic books in order to appeal to a new demographic of users. Starting today, 10,000 single issues and graphic novels will be available a month after they are published. This will … [Read more...] about Scribd is Now the Netflix of Comic Books
1,000 Macmillan e-Book Titles come to Scribd and Oyster
Scribd and Oyster are two of the largest e-Book subscription services out there and they have another reason for you to signup. Publishing giant Macmillan has committed themselves to their platforms, contributing over 1,000 titles. In late December Macmillan John Sargent announced that there were getting into the e-Book subscription business, in an attempt to broaden their … [Read more...] about 1,000 Macmillan e-Book Titles come to Scribd and Oyster
Scribd Raises $22 Million for New Book Recommendation Service
Scribd initially started out as a document file sharing service when it launched in 2007. The company diversivied into selling subscriptions for their entire library of e-Books in October 2013. They have raised over $25 million during the lifetime of their business in order to stay operational. Today, the company has just announced they have raised another $22 million dollars. … [Read more...] about Scribd Raises $22 Million for New Book Recommendation Service
Will Subscription e-Book Sites Continue to be Viable in 2015?
One of the big trends of 2014 was the emergence of subscription services, where you pay a monthly fee and get access to thousands of e-books. Amazon Kindle Unlimited, Oyster, Entitle and Scribd have all gained the support of indie authors and publishers. How viable are their business models and will they continue to grow in 2015, or disappear entirely. Scribd is the … [Read more...] about Will Subscription e-Book Sites Continue to be Viable in 2015?
Blloon iOS App Competes with Leading e-Book Subscription Services
Some of us are already so hooked on reading that we can't imagine our lives without at least a few books on the go; believe it or not, others need a little extra motivation to flip those pages (literally or digitally). Fortunately a Berlin-based startup has a great idea: gamification. By following a freemium-based model, Blloon is an app that promises to engage readers with … [Read more...] about Blloon iOS App Competes with Leading e-Book Subscription Services
eBook Subscription Services are Not Viable
Penguin Random House UK CEO Tom Weldon has proclaimed that eBook subscription websites such as Amazon Unlimited, Scribd and Oyster are not viable business models. "We have two problems with subscriptions. We are not convinced it is what readers want. 'Eat everything isn't a reader's mindset. In music or film you might want 10,000 songs or films, but I don't think you want … [Read more...] about eBook Subscription Services are Not Viable
Unlimited Audiobook Subscriptions have Finally Arrived
Major publishers have finally warmed up to the entire notion of unlimited reading for a low monthly price. This has allowed Scribd, Oyster and Entitle to formulate solid businesses to cater to the needs of voracious readers. Audiobooks on the other hand have been a hard nut to crack, until now there has been little support for the concept of Netlflix for audiobooks. Scribd … [Read more...] about Unlimited Audiobook Subscriptions have Finally Arrived