Thread: Has Amazon cracked the subscription puzzle?
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Old 12-14-2011, 01:55 PM   #11
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
So what does the forum think? Is it possible that Amazon may have backed into the beginnings of a viable ebook subscription model?
No. :-)

I don't think Amazon will be able to offer a subscription plan that many people will be interested in, mostly because I don't think that they will get authors/publishers to agree to the kind of price cut that would allow them to offer a subscription at a price people would pay for.

Netflix is having this exact problem - publishers pulling movies - now that streaming has gone mainstream and they can rent/sell movies individually.
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