One of the most elusive arms of digital publishing has been a viable solution for Netflix-style subscription-based reading. With everything from freemium models to all-you-can-eat reading, solutions providers, publishers, and reading consumers have struggled to find a model that works for everyone. In September, New York-based Oyster launched an invitation-only beta period … [Read more...] about Oyster Subscription Reading Goes Live to the Public, Brings an iPad App with It
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Scribd eBook Subscription Plan Works Across Multiple Devices
In the six years since Trip Adler created a startup called Scribd, something incredible happened for digital publishing and ebooks: publishers finally found models they can work with to support ebook subscription-based reading. When companies like 24Symbols first launched in 2010, publishers were still wary of how their authors were going to be fairly compensated for letting … [Read more...] about Scribd eBook Subscription Plan Works Across Multiple Devices
World Book Encyclopedia to Offer Subscription Plan to Schools, Libraries
As well-known and highly respected publishing entities like newspapers and reference books struggle to compete with free information available on the internet, publishers of these types of content are forced to find new ways to stay relevant and more importantly, to stay in business. With the announcement last year the the two-hundred-plus-year-old Encyclopaedia Britannica … [Read more...] about World Book Encyclopedia to Offer Subscription Plan to Schools, Libraries
Bookboard Public Beta Introduces 300 Children’s Titles
Of all the things that parents are willing to pay for in order to receive quality materials, books seem to be high on the list, considering the price of children’s books. Therefore, a subscription-based model that brings new reading content to devices sounds promising, at least in its design. Subscription-based model Bookboard, an app that allows young readers to unlock new … [Read more...] about Bookboard Public Beta Introduces 300 Children’s Titles