The methods used by Amazon continue to be singled out, like the recent petitions American or German writers to denounce the tussle involved with publishing houses . It is a service set up by the online retailer that does not yet make him scream and professionals that could revolutionize the world of books: the Kindle offers Unlimited actually allows for only 9.99 dollars per month , access to over 600,000 books indefinitely.
The American giant and the model applies to books a hit in the video and online music via Netflix or Deezer. And you could see the fear in France that caused the arrival of the giant video on demand … The Amazon service only works currently in the United States, but he plans to develop in other countries soon.
Similar offers already exist. American Oyster Scribd and developed such subscriptions for heavy readers. In France, YouScribe proposes an equivalent since March. Juan Pirlot of Corbio, founder of the startup founder and former Chapitre.com, why should not stand upwind against a service it intends to impose itself in France.
Should we see the offer as a threat Kindle Unlimited
In general, we are all fascinated by all the new tools that offer us more mobility. With their smartphone or tablet, users will listen to more music, play more games and watch more movies. We must put the book where the uses are. The playing time continues to decline in France. That’s why you have to fight for the book to take more space. This is essential. Therefore a solution subscription
This is rather good news …
The arrival of Kindle Unlimited means. “I run a new service for users that demand. ” There are approximately 15 million members in libraries in France. An unlimited access model is a model of streaming. The edition is suitable for a use that has spread to all cultural products.
Should we see a revolution?
Yes and no. All publishers distribute their books in libraries. I see no difference with the 200 million pounds per year loans via libraries. I think it is not so revolutionary as that. Book clubs have existed in the 50s Libraries are a relay to promote reading.
Is it a blow to publishers
I’m not sure that their death is as brutal to be allowed to imagine. I did a lot of online bookstore [with Chapitre.com], and I’m not convinced that digital is as hard for booksellers.
Are there a reinventing business model
The offer Amazon confirms what we have put in place. We launched in March 2014 YouScribe Unlimited, a service that provides access to 50,000 books available in unlimited streaming for 9.90 euros per month. Our library has grown. We integrated the publisher offers. We have almost all the digital books with a purchasing model to act. Unlimited subscription as we propose is to remunerate authors for each page visited.
How
We donate 60% of publishers revenue based on the number of page views, track by track. It’s like Spotify or Deezer. It is a fair return on time spent on texts. It’s like SACEM which pays according to the number of transition from one song to the radio. It is a revolution in the sense that the numerical model allows to reverse based on the reading.
How many subscribers do you have for your unlimited supply
We have 800,000 registered members in the library and a few thousand subscribers unlimited. Our service starts fine. Paid subscription requires that we have a fairly wide range. But I feel that publishers see the value of this type of offer. It creates anxiety but overall all publishers think that the book should be present on mobile devices. So I’m very optimistic. Think of it as a rebirth for the publishing world.
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