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Fifth of the Technology Business Models. Christian Damke presents Skoobe, a mobile library lending eBooks for a monthly fee.
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April 2012
Christian Damke
„Library“ („Bibliothek“), 1999 © 2009 Andreas Gursky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
• Launched on February 29, 2012
• Financed by Random House and Holtzbrinck
• Device independent (currently available for iOS devices, soon for Android)
• E-Pub as standard, no enriched E-books with special formats
• Book-alike reading on smartphones and tablets
• Frst 10.000 readers can borrow and read any number of new books each month for
Euro 9,99 monthly, then the model will be refined
• Up to five borrowed books are on the personal book-shelf at the same time
• There are no out-of-stock titles at Skoobe
• Every e-book in the library is available always and everywhere
• Open to all publishers – non-exclusive
Skoobe is a mobile library
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SKOOBE:
1. Enlarges the market
2. Helps discovery of books
3. Is a legal alternative for price-sensitive customers
4. Helps publishers to learn about mobile reading
