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Old 12-28-2011, 03:16 PM   #69
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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.
I've argued on another thread that Amazon intends to create some sort of subscription plan based on the Prime package . It might be a books only plan, or a multimedia plan that includes a certain number of books per year. We'll see come the new year.
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