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Originally Posted by CazMar
Why not have a paid subscription service like many people use for music and videos? Like a public library but with a small monthly fee. Or a one-off borrowing fee for a month's loan.
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That would be nice, but I doubt the market is there. I don't think there are enough people out there interested in such a plan as to make it profitable for the publishers.
Amazon is kinda heading that way by offering a max of one book per month as part of their Prime package; which also includes unlimited video streaming and free 2-day shipping. The cost is $79 per year ($6.58 per month).
The book selection is quite large at 65,923 titles when compared to the largest public libraries, which are in the 30,000 ~ 33,000 titles range.