Scribd Launches a Global 'Spotify For eBooks'

Nate the greatest writes "Scribd threw its hat in the ebook subscription ring today. The site is expanding on its existing ebookstore with a new $9-a-month all-you-can-read ebook subscription service which offers a selection of ebooks from a number of publishers, including HarperCollins, E-Reads, Kensington, Red Wheel/Weiser, Rosetta Books, Sourcebooks, and Workman. That's a better selection of commercial ebooks than the Kindle owner's lending library, but not quite as broad of a selection as the recently-launched Oyster. However, Scribd is charging less and they're offering better platform support. While Oyster is only available on the iPhone, Scribd has apps for both Android and iOS, and you can read the ebooks in your web browser."

Comments

The obvious question

[CdBee]

Which can apply to most media subscription services: What's Excluded?

I suspect that new releases wouldnt be in it, which dilutes the customer value somewhat as in the UK at least, new books start appearing in Charity shops within a few months of the release anyway, and their price for old-releases only has to compete with the negligible cost of pre-owned literature.

Fuck Scribd

[GameboyRMH]

Fuck them right in the ass. We don't need another service shitting up search results with paywalled data. Experts-exchange was bad enough.

Re:"Spotify For eBooks"?

[odie5533]

Libraries aren't usually thought of as being per-user subscriptions.