readOyster.com: "Netflix for books"

derangedhermit · 10-10-2012, 08:34 PM

http://www.readoyster.com/ is taking sign-ups for e-mail notification of events. Evidently it's a start-up aiming to do for reading what Netflix does for movies and TV. They just got the first round of start-up funding. I searched here but didn't see any threads on it.

I'd sign up if the pricing is right. I find it hard to believe that major publishers would support this, at any sane pricing levels.

simond · 10-11-2012, 05:43 AM

Sounds interesting, but not convinced there'll be enough range

rlowe · 10-11-2012, 09:11 AM

Hmm, even with the Netflix business model it will be hard to compete in ebook market nowadays.

elemenoP · 10-11-2012, 09:15 AM

Call me when they have some publishers on board. Anybody can say they're going to do this.

eP

ebusinesstutor · 10-11-2012, 03:31 PM

Since I read primarily in one or two genres (scifi and fantasy) they would have to have a lot of titles in their inventory before I would find this useful.

Now if Baen Books were to offer unlimited reading for the price I am paying for Netflix, I would jump at it.

speakingtohe · 10-13-2012, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor

Since I read primarily in one or two genres (scifi and fantasy) they would have to have a lot of titles in their inventory before I would find this useful.

Now if Baen Books were to offer unlimited reading for the price I am paying for Netflix, I would jump at it.

Wouldn't we all. Lucky for me the library offers it for less. I enjoy at least 80% of the library books I get and could probably choke down the others if they ran out of available books.

Helen

J. Strnad · 10-13-2012, 11:04 AM

I have trouble imagining a subscription service paying for itself with major content. The big publishers have shown a lot more interest in protecting the perceived value of their ebooks than in making them available to readers for less.

Joshua.P · 10-13-2012, 11:22 AM

That sounds pretty cool.

tecweston · 10-13-2012, 11:47 AM

An iPhone app? Yeah, I dunno. If you could download the books to an ereader it might be worth it, but I don't like reading books off an LCD screen. I'll just stick with the library for now.

10-10-2012, 08:34 PM	#1
derangedhermit Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1202240 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: D/FW, Texas Device: Nook ST, STG	readOyster.com: "Netflix for books" http://www.readoyster.com/ is taking sign-ups for e-mail notification of events. Evidently it's a start-up aiming to do for reading what Netflix does for movies and TV. They just got the first round of start-up funding. I searched here but didn't see any threads on it. I'd sign up if the pricing is right. I find it hard to believe that major publishers would support this, at any sane pricing levels.

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Joshua.P The Dark Knight Posts: 97 Karma: 497090 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Kindle Keyboard	That sounds pretty cool. __________________ Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man, before throwing him out of a plane?

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tecweston Comic book artist Posts: 530 Karma: 1079133 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Detroit Device: Nook STR, iPad, iPod touch	An iPhone app? Yeah, I dunno. If you could download the books to an ereader it might be worth it, but I don't like reading books off an LCD screen. I'll just stick with the library for now. __________________ My webcomic The Sundays - Me on Twitter

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