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Originally Posted by robko
THIS! And the fact that these services really only work for people who read a lot of books in a month. I read daily, but I'm not as fast as the people that go through 4-5-10-20 books a month. I don't thing there is a big enough number of those people to sustain these services. A paper book used bookstore has a bigger market because they pick up those who might only buy periodically along with the voracious readers. This is a narrower market (e-book) in a small market (voracious readers) and apparently with a (relatively speaking) narrow selection.
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Seems to me that for someone who averages just a book or two a month and doesn't care about owning and/or rereading, the subscription model would make a lot of sense. I don't think that level of reading is unusual, especially if you think of a family sharing an account.
I could see the subscription model working very well, depending mostly on the content offered and on the ability to use one's preferred device.