Unfortunately, the model is not working out so well. At least not yet. The reason is a combination of market forces, user behavior and the basic way in which the publishing world works. Start with the ...

Kindle wasn’t always the ubiquitously available service that it is today. Some libraries and companies offered PDF versions of less popular texts, but you had to read them on your notebook or desktop.

Nearly a decade after Amazon launched its Kindle Unlimited service that lets you pay a monthly fee for access to a library of millions of eBooks (and a smaller number of audiobooks), rival Kobo is ...

Ebook subscription services have been popping up over the last year and so and while they haven't quite hit their stride, they're getting close. Just like with Netflix or Hulu, you pay a monthly ...

About two years after launching a “Netflix for eBooks” service, the folks at Oyster are calling it quits. The team announced on its blog that they’re “taking steps to sunset the existing Oyster ...

Ebook subscriptions are on their way, and I don’t know whether to be happy or terrified. The newest service to let you pay a flat monthly fee for as much as you can read is Scribd, the popular ebook ...

Media and tech companies have been quick to pronounce the “Netflix of eBooks” -- a.k.a. the subscription model -- the future of digital content. And, in theory, that makes sense. Who doesn’t want ...

Unfortunately, the model is not working out so well. At least not yet. The reason is a combination of market forces, user behavior and the basic way in which the publishing world works. Start with the ...