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Atunah · 06-07-2014, 12:27 PM

I think the reason Scribd works is the content.

I just don't see how the publisher would want to work with Amazon, there seems to be lots of animosity.

They aren't participating in the lending program they have now. That is also why that isn't very interesting to me. Very few publishers let their books to be lendable and you end up with mostly self published titles. And many of those that are even in genres I read or interesting to me already have been free at some point in the past. So I would already own those. And unless you have a lot of friends, you have to go to one of the services like lendle and it can take months for some of those titles to come up.

Same really goes for the monthly prime read. Until amazon came out with their own publishing and gave me options for the prime loan, I ran out of stuff I was interesting in. Same thing applied, mostly self published titles with the ones interesting already have gone free or are going free.

A service like this only works when there is the right content. You need the publishers. I wouldn't be willing to pay a fee every month without those publishers. I wish the others would get on board too, but with S&S now on board its a nice selection at the moment.

Heck, I am even willing to read on a LCD screen for the offerings. And I much prefer reading on e-ink.

Plus, unlike Scribd's competitor Oyster, they have android and kindle apps. Oyster is still only for ithingies and they don't even let you see the offerings without signing up.

So I think content is king. And readers are willing to pay for that content.

I am curious to see if this is successful over some time period, will the other publishers want to come on board. I don't see Penguin ever doing that though.

06-07-2014, 12:27 PM	#219
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I think the reason Scribd works is the content. I just don't see how the publisher would want to work with Amazon, there seems to be lots of animosity. They aren't participating in the lending program they have now. That is also why that isn't very interesting to me. Very few publishers let their books to be lendable and you end up with mostly self published titles. And many of those that are even in genres I read or interesting to me already have been free at some point in the past. So I would already own those. And unless you have a lot of friends, you have to go to one of the services like lendle and it can take months for some of those titles to come up. Same really goes for the monthly prime read. Until amazon came out with their own publishing and gave me options for the prime loan, I ran out of stuff I was interesting in. Same thing applied, mostly self published titles with the ones interesting already have gone free or are going free. A service like this only works when there is the right content. You need the publishers. I wouldn't be willing to pay a fee every month without those publishers. I wish the others would get on board too, but with S&S now on board its a nice selection at the moment. Heck, I am even willing to read on a LCD screen for the offerings. And I much prefer reading on e-ink. Plus, unlike Scribd's competitor Oyster, they have android and kindle apps. Oyster is still only for ithingies and they don't even let you see the offerings without signing up. So I think content is king. And readers are willing to pay for that content. I am curious to see if this is successful over some time period, will the other publishers want to come on board. I don't see Penguin ever doing that though.