New Subscription Model for E-Books Challenges Traditional Publishers - Businessweek

Excerpt from a Netflix-for-books business model reality check

"Because this is the book industry, there’s also the outsize influence of a certain Seattle-based bookseller that isn’t particularly welcome at industry conferences. Amazon (AMZN) currently offers a 350,000-title Kindle lending library to Amazon Prime subscribers, which also confers a host of benefits totally unrelated to e-books, including free two-day delivery and a subscription to a streaming video service. Because its subscription service is bundled with other popular services, and at $79 a year costs less than its competitors, it seems possible that Amazon will just beat everyone on price, as is its wont."

New Subscription Model for E-Books Challenges Traditional Publishers - Businessweek