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 ...

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 ...

Check out four things that have happened in the ebook world in just the past couple months: — Amazon announced that, for the self-published titles in its Kindle Unlimited subscription program, it’s ...

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 are not particularly new — Amazon launched its Kindle Unlimited service in 2014 while Scribd has been mainly known as an ebook subscription service since 2013. Now that ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Oyster has ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Major book publisher Macmillan is warming up to the growing world of book ...

The digital library, e-book and audiobook subscription service Scribd has surpassed one million paying subscribers from across the globe, as the service announced today. Co-founder and CEO Trip Adler ...

Streaming services like Netflix and Spotify have already changed the way we watch movies and listen to music, but book subscription services have taken a little longer to catch on. Now it looks like ...

At an IDPF and BISG panel today as part of its Making Information Pay event, speakers addressed one of the key changes the publishing industry is undergoing: ebook subscriptions. When 24Symbols ...

The past decade has been a big one for book lovers. While the traditional books have remained the same for a few hundred years, there’s recently been a big shift in how we consume books. Paper is no ...

Buyers of the latest Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 have a lot to gain in terms of free eBook and audiobook subscriptions. According to the site mst, the Korea-based eBook subscription service ...