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fjtorres · 01-05-2015, 07:16 AM

I've seen no data that suggests any of them is long-term viable.
Doesn't mean it doesn't exist but so far nobody is bragging about number of users or growth rate. It has been suggested they are profitable but only because a lot of their members don't actually use their services. (The claim I saw said less than 1 book a month on average.)
Kinda like gym club memberships.
That might be viable in the short term. Long term?
I dunno.

None of them appeals to me, although Juli Monroe of Teleread had this to say back in august:

http://www.teleread.com/scribd/almos...anged-reading/

01-05-2015, 07:16 AM	#6
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	I've seen no data that suggests any of them is long-term viable. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist but so far nobody is bragging about number of users or growth rate. It has been suggested they are profitable but only because a lot of their members don't actually use their services. (The claim I saw said less than 1 book a month on average.) Kinda like gym club memberships. That might be viable in the short term. Long term? I dunno. None of them appeals to me, although Juli Monroe of Teleread had this to say back in august: http://www.teleread.com/scribd/almos...anged-reading/ Last edited by fjtorres; 01-05-2015 at 07:34 AM.