At Last, The 'Netflix For Books' Is Here http://www.businessinsider.com/oyster-book-app-launches-2013-9/comments en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 12:35:06 -0400 Caroline Moss http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a3df0ecad04c75300d7e9 custodes Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:41:20 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a3df0ecad04c75300d7e9 My public library does have an app actually. I can borrow an e-book from their catalog and read it for free (not counting what I pay in property taxes at least). They have restrictions on how many copies can be "borrowed" at once just like real books, so, if its a new best seller it can take a while to get but the price is right. But I can do it without going to the library. This is becoming pretty common I think. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a3db269bedda51d7c37d7 allie batross Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:40:18 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a3db269bedda51d7c37d7 I read on my phone all the time. But, it's usually a book that I can then pick up where I stopped and continue reading on my kindle, ipad or computer. I don't know very many people who read exclusively on their phone, let alone pay $120/year to do so. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a350b69beddd7107c37bf Rach Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:03:23 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a350b69beddd7107c37bf oh, you must have some weird version of Netflix that requires you to drive to a location to get access to your instant queue i guess, because your library comparison is sub par at best. Your comparison fails to recognize the convenience of having hundreds, maybe even THOUSANDS of books/movies at your fingertips: iphone, ipad, samsung tablet, etc. etc. I mean...unless your public library has an app for it......................... http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a346cecad04324600d7dc allie batross Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:00:44 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/522a346cecad04324600d7dc $120/year? Would love to see the data on how many people spend that much on books per year. And of that no doubt small subset, how many would want to just read on an iphone/iPod touch? What happens if you stop your subscription? It's not very clear from their website or FAQ, but it sure appears that you lose "your" books (i.e., they can only be accessed if you re-subscribe). So, it's $120/year for books that are not yours, you cannot keep, and you can only read on an iphone or ipod touch? Fascinating to see how this plays out. There are clearly readers who would benefit from the service, but enough for the business to succeed at a reasonable level (not to mention that if it were to be successful, Amazon could probably kill it in a second)? Color me skeptical. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229f46d6bb3f7e638b36ab5 rtd202 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:27:41 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229f46d6bb3f7e638b36ab5 I liked the Netflix for books concept better when it was called the public library. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229effc69bedd65747c37c2 jimmy mactheknife Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:08:44 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229effc69bedd65747c37c2 WELL this makes a great deal of sense. I would rather rent a book, read it annotate it in my thought diagrams and move on. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229e54c69bedd0f5d7c37c1 heresy101 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:23:08 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229e54c69bedd0f5d7c37c1 Only available for the damn Iphone?? What about tablets from Samsung? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229e3a86bb3f78220b36aac trooble Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:16:08 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5229e3a86bb3f78220b36aac I think the smartphone screen is just too small, unless they have an automatic scrolling feature where you can adjust the speed. If they're smart, they will also create content that is designed to be digestible in these smaller chunks. Not necessarily easy, because the entire cognitive experience of small screen/small chunk of time is different. The smaller the chunk, the more simple idea, but you still have to have a unifying string to keep the reader coming back.
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