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JD Gumby · 12-22-2012, 10:36 AM

*cuddles his SKY.fm/DI.fm subscription* Best $5 a month I've ever spent. :P Despite having like 5000 songs in my personal collection, the variety of music they give is rather nice. Hell, if it wasn't for them, I never would've known I liked eurodance or house music (please don't hate me! :P Wish they had a celtic channel, though...). (EDIT: Huh. I see that it also includes jazzradio.com. Guess I'll have to check that out...)

On the other hand, ebook subscriptions don't really seem like they could work at all. Unlike music subscription services, the odds of an ebook subscription service having enough worthwhile items that free sources (public libraries, Project Gutenberg) are very low.

12-22-2012, 10:36 AM	#10
JD Gumby Cynical Old Curmudgeon Posts: 1,085 Karma: 8495696 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Kobo Arc, HTC Desire C	cuddles his SKY.fm/DI.fm subscription Best $5 a month I've ever spent. :P Despite having like 5000 songs in my personal collection, the variety of music they give is rather nice. Hell, if it wasn't for them, I never would've known I liked eurodance or house music (please don't hate me! :P Wish they had a celtic channel, though...). (EDIT: Huh. I see that it also includes jazzradio.com. Guess I'll have to check that out...) On the other hand, ebook subscriptions don't really seem like they could work at all. Unlike music subscription services, the odds of an ebook subscription service having enough worthwhile items that free sources (public libraries, Project Gutenberg) are very low. Last edited by JD Gumby; 12-22-2012 at 10:40 AM.