In quick expansion, the Russian ebook subscription service Bookmate started life as an e-reader producer, and evolved into a subscription service. The post Russia’s Bookmate Subscription: 12 Languages and Growing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Berrett-Koehler has added titles from New World Library to its b-to-b digital subscription service, BKpedia. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
German publisher Bastei Lübbe has revealed it is to launch an ebook subscription service targeting the mobile market called oolipo. The subscription service will first soft-launch in the UK, USA, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in April 2016 with the aim of launching in July 2016 in two... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blloon has confirmed that following a series of talks on Friday (30th October) the subscription service will close. However, the platform’s founder Thomas Leliveld told The Bookseller the company was currently evaluating the “different strategic options we have at our disposal” and said as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oyster's experiment with a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks appears to be coming to a close... at least, in its current form. The startup is warning customers that it will shut down its all-you-can-read service over the course of seve... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon UK has launched a subscription service for children that includes ebooks, educational apps, videos and games. The company has launched the service at the same time as revealing a new Amazon Fire Tablet aimed at children, priced £119 and upwards. The subscription service called Fire for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book subscription site Oyster has partnered with Pottermore to make all 10 Harry Potter-related titles available via a subscription service. The offering, only available in the US, includes the seven Harry Potter novels by J K Rowling, and also her three Hogwarts Library Books – The Tales of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribd's ebook subscription service seems to be making some inroads on Amazon's turf, and now the company is looking to take a swipe at Audible's lunch. From today, subscribers will be able to access a library of 30,000 audiobook titles that include... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The subscription service is adding 30,000 recorded books to the half-million ebooks it already offers.Thirteen months ago, San Francisco startup Scribd launched a service which aims to do for books what Netflix does for movies and TV shows. It offers a large-but-not-utterly-comprehensive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harlequin, the world's most famous English-language romance fiction publisher, is joining the "Netflixication" of ebooks. For the next year, Scribd will be the exclusive subscription partner for Harlequin and its various imprints. The deal will bring 15,000 titles from the Harlequin backlist to... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the launch of Kindle Unlimited (KU), Amazon’s subscription service, consumer-oriented ebook subscription services are beginning to look like a coming thing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kindle Unlimited, a new subscription service from Amazon allowing customers unfettered access to ebooks and audiobooks, has officially launched. Amazon began testing the service, which has long been rumored, earlier this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon entered the ebook subscription market Friday by launching Kindle Unlimited, a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks available for $9.99 a month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon briefly posts details about a new "unlimited" subscription service for Kindle ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins continues its support for subscription ebook services in a deal with Epic!, a children’s subscription service, adding 1,000 backlist kids’ ebook titles to the company's library. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribd has reached an agreement with Lonely Planet to add hundreds of its travel guides to the Scribd ebook subscription service. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have partnered with AOL on a new bundled-subscription offering the company rolled out Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]