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Originally Posted by petrucci
I do not have any experience with either of these subscription services. However, I have experience with scribd. They were distributing my copyrighted work without permission. It is sad that their business is built upon theft.
In terms of ebook subscription services, I am sure that they will survive in one form or another. Libraries (which usually charge a fee to be a member) are essentially such a service. Magazines such as Analog are also similar, as they have a subscription and send content regularly. As a consumer I consider the price point versus the content that is available. In general, most of these services do not have enough content to justify the cost of the service.
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It happens even on Amazon alot. Scribd has two parts the subscription books which are done by publisher and author only but then there is the user documents which Anyone can upload stuff. Unfortunately that does mean people can share stuff that isn't their own. It isn't Scribd doing it, it's the user and they should be reported. Personally I think Scribd should do away with the documents and just stick to offering books by publisher or author.
The only way subscriptions book services will survive is to keep the big publishers on board. Right now you got Harpercollins, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks Inc, eKensington (Zebra), Smashwords, Open Road and some other small publishers. The content is pretty endless for one paperback a month. We do know that most people here spend more than that on ebooks at places like Kobo and Kindle store.
Also most Overdrive libraries I know don't stock much non fiction it's mostly fiction but Scribd has alot of non fiction for people who like to read that genre. Also keep in mind Libraries only stock some titles from each publisher while Scribd you have access to most of the publisher's catalog. Some newer titles you have to wait on so those are best to get at Overdrive but if you use Scribd you will never not have something you want to read.