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Originally Posted by stumped
yep, the developers have no track record of successfully coding a reader, (or any other IOS app)- even if they could herd enough cats/obsessive users into agreeing a spec for one
so unless there is one up for sale at a bargain price - like CC was? it would be utter folly, IMHO
the sane strategy is to address what they see as gaps in the end-to-end get-book-to-reader chain, not to re-invent the wheel one more time
also, isn't there a rather slick IOS only thing called Marvin, already - just need to hook into it ?
the obvious feedback question for them to ask is "what IOS reader apps and cloud storage would you like to see improved integration with"... maybe that's the added value that a subscription model needs
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Just to be clear, when it comes to software, I very much prefer the subscription model to be "with subscription, you get upgrades" rather than "when your subscription stops, the program no longer works". Eventually most software reaches the point you don't really want/need new features.
I agree, CC should focus on filling their niche. I'm pretty sure that they have a lot of little improvements they can make. Of course, given that Marvin seems to no longer be under active development, perhaps the developer would be willing to sell them the code, much like the developers of CC did. It seems to me that a family of programs that work together in some way would make a lot of sense, if that particular market niche is robust enough to support a development company. Maybe expand out into audiobook catalog as well.