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Originally Posted by jbcohen
I have never been one to make quick decision I always carefully way the different options. I have been kicking the tires of the various subscription ebook services for some time now and here is what I have come up with as the advantages and disadvantages of each:
Scribd - It has a lot of the major book publishing houses signed up to provide books for their catalog of offerings, however the problem here is most likely due to the terms of their contracts with the book publishers is that a customer can not download the book and put it on his/her book reader, you are forced to use the reader that you are given, which does not have much capabilities.
Oyster - appears to be for apple users at this point, although they are working on adding android users.
Entitle - Has a lot of the big publishing houses signed up, however the problem is that for the standard $10 a month a customer only gets two books per month, that's not acceptable for a voracious book reader like me. There is a three book per month plan however that is a bit expensive.
Amazon - appears to be the most flexible of the book services and will let me read on my chosen ebook reader, a paperwhite. However the service does not have many of the big book publishing houses as yet.
So the decision comes down the typical, what's important to you as a reader?
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Oyster has an Android app. It was released in June. All you have to do is search Google Play or the Kindle App Store or read their website.
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Discover the best way to live a life well-read on all of your favorite devices: Android, Apple iOS, and Kindle Fire.
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Here is an article with some discussion.
http://gigaom.com/2014/06/17/ebook-s...-nook-tablets/
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New features include “read time” for books (there is a similar feature on Kindle e-readers) and the ability to turn a book’s pages using the volume buttons on an Android device.
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