Today Amazon announced the arrival of Kindle Unlimited in Canada. It’s surprising that it has taken this long considering it first launched last July in the United States. Amazon has been steadily rolling out their ebook subscription service internationally for the past six months. Other countries that have Kindle Unlimited access include the United Kingdom, […]
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Scribd Adds 10k Comics & Graphic Novels to Subscription Service
The rising tide of ebook subscription services has been gaining ground lately with more and more major publishers getting onboard with the idea. Scribd has been doing their part to expand on their monthly subscription service, which costs $8.99 per month. Over the past three months they’ve added audiobooks, signed with Macmillan to bring in […]
Harry Potter eBooks Added to Oyster’s Subscription Service
Oyster is one of the new and growing companies that offers ebooks through a monthly subscription program, and today they announced the addition of some popular titles. Ebook subscription services have been gaining a lot of ground lately by getting some of the larger publishers to signup, and Oyster is the first to get Pottermore, […]
Entitle Partners with The Ellen DeGeneres Show for eBook Recommendations Club
Entitle is among a growing group of ebook subscription services where customers get access to a library of ebooks for a monthly fee. Entitle just scored a big partnership with The Ellen DeGeneres Show for a new book club called “Ellen’s Book Bar” that provides ebook recommendations. This month’s recommended ebook is Amy Poehler’s Yes […]
Scribd Adds Audiobooks to eBook Subscription Plan
Yesterday Scribd, an online ebook subscription service, announced that they have added 30,000 audiobooks to their catalog. The audiobooks are available through Scribd’s monthly service plan that costs $8.99 per month, along with over 400,000 ebook titles. Both audiobooks and ebooks are offered together through the same monthly plan. Once subscribed, users gain unlimited access […]
Little Critter Library is a Kid’s eBook Subscription App for iOS
Oceanhouse Media recently launched an ebook subscription service designed for young children ages 2-5. The app is exclusive to iOS and grants access to a library of Little Critter ebooks by Mercer Mayer. The app is called Little Critter Library and is available in the Apple app store. The books are fully interactive storybooks. Interactive […]
Kindle Unlimited eBook Subscription Service Arrives in UK
Back in July, Amazon first introduced their new Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service in the United States, where users pay a monthly subscription fee to gain unlimited access to the list of ebooks available in the program. Now Kindle Unlimited is available in the United Kingdom as well, and it comes with a 30-day free […]
Oyster Adds Web Reader to eBook Subscription Service
This past week Oyster, an ebook subscription service that grants subscribers unlimited access to a library of over 500,000 ebooks, announced the release of the Oyster Web Reader. The Web Reader makes it possible to read Oyster’s ebooks from any computer or mobile device using a web browser. This adds to Oyster’s iOS and newly-released […]