E-Book App Oyster Is Closing Shop As Google Hires Its Cofounders

Oyster, an ebook subscription service inspired by Netflix and Spotify, is shuttering—and Google has scooped up its top execs.Oyster, the ebook subscription service and would-be Amazon competitor, is calling it quits. In a blog post published Monday, the Oyster team announced that, in the coming months, it would be "taking steps to sunset the existing Oyster service."Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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