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Originally Posted by Darqref
I haven't looked closely, but can you browse the contents of the library without signing up, just to see what they carry?
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Yes, you can.
Also, "The Scribd subscription service is available world-wide. /--/ Unfortunately, due to our agreements with authors and publishers, not all books are available to read in all countries. We understand that this can be frustrating and are working hard to make every book available to every user. In the meantime, rest assured that most of our library is available world-wide."
This is .. well, the georestrictions are annoying, but I'm actually positively surprised it's a worldwide thing. Also, a LOT of what I read is HarperCollins, and by browsing around a bit, I'd find a lot that I'd be interested in reading (most of which I've already bought, heh), so if I didn't have a 1000+ already-bought-book TBR list and if I could use this on an eInk device, I'd be very interested in joining - I read enough books in any given month that a $8.99 monthly fee would mean $0.75-$1.00 per book, which would be really cheap for a major publisher.
So ... other than the lack of support for eInk readers, I'm actually really liking this as an idea.