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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Getting back to the original point of the thread, I don't really think that Amazon has cracked the subscription model. In a broad sense, I would break people who read books into two camps, one camp buys and keeps books, the other camp reads a book and then discards it (return it to the library or sale at a used book store) and moves on to the next book. I don't see where this model suits either camp. A subscription model where you read one book at a time and then return it and pick another one would be more suitable for many people. On the other hand, I don't know how many best sellers would be willing to go that route.
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I have a foot in both camps. I try to buy my "read & move on" books as ebooks, or used books in a pinch. I usually buy my "read & keeps" as hardbacks, or paperbacks in a pinch.
Were I an author or publisher, my approach would be to NEVER fight any innovation in book distribution. I'd look for the positives in the situation, & try to exploit them.
So this lending model would work quite well for my RMO reading. Speaking to the specific 12 books a year model Amazon is currently using, I can see using the monthly book as a tryout of an author or series. In fact, that is exactly what happened to me on my second borrowing - got a book in a series, read it, liked it, & bought the rest of the trilogy. Plus paid for the first book in the series so I could pass it around to my family.