Comments on: E-book subscription model: Emphasize old books and play lists? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-subscription-model-emphasize-old-books-and-play-lists/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kara Lynn Russell http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-subscription-model-emphasize-old-books-and-play-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-1152454 Kara Lynn Russell Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:23:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2010/01/01/e-book-subscription-model-emphasize-old-books-and-play-lists/#comment-1152454 Many libraries already use Overdrive to circulate ebooks (and other media) but as with print books, you can only borrow what your library owns. As far as I know there is no system yet for interlibrary loan of ebooks. Smaller publishers that don't get much notice from libraries might possibly be able to use the subscription model successfully. Many libraries already use Overdrive to circulate ebooks (and other media) but as with print books, you can only borrow what your library owns. As far as I know there is no system yet for interlibrary loan of ebooks. Smaller publishers that don’t get much notice from libraries might possibly be able to use the subscription model successfully.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-subscription-model-emphasize-old-books-and-play-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-1152293 Chris Meadows Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:26:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2010/01/01/e-book-subscription-model-emphasize-old-books-and-play-lists/#comment-1152293 Actually, what Baen is doing with Webscriptions is not so much "subscriptions" as selling a <i>single</i> month's worth of stuff at a time but letting you peek early. Now, <i>Jim Baen's Universe</i>, <i>that</i> was a subscription. What Ajayi is suggesting is actually a lot closer to the sort of e-libraries offered by Fictionwise and Overdrive, which <a href="http://www.teleread.com/2008/10/02/review-fictionwise-overdrive-e-book-lending-libraries/" rel="nofollow">I covered for TeleRead</a> a while ago. Actually, what Baen is doing with Webscriptions is not so much “subscriptions” as selling a single month’s worth of stuff at a time but letting you peek early. Now, Jim Baen’s Universe, that was a subscription.

What Ajayi is suggesting is actually a lot closer to the sort of e-libraries offered by Fictionwise and Overdrive, which I covered for TeleRead a while ago.

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