![]() ![]() Read the full announcement from Rakuten Kobo on the US/UK expansion here. It plays into Amazon’s hands by offering Kindle Unlimited no meaningful opposition. But eschewing all unlimited options as Dohle chose to do, isn’t just ill-considered. Publishers not wishing to add weight to Amazon’s dominance of the book markets by supporting Kindle Unlimited is quite understandable. The reality of course is that savvy publishers can and are putting deep and recent backlist into subscription services like Kobo Plus and hooking new audiences who then go on to buy the a la carte frontlist titles. PRH, under Markus Dohle, famously chose nothing. Kobo affiliate program is operated through Kobo's sister company Rakuten. Therein, of course, lies the real beauty and enduring appeal of unlimited subscription in opening up backlists and in reaching hesitant consumers.įor pubishers, there seems to be a degree of misunderstanding about this, that it has to be all or nothing. into NL since opting all my titles into the Kobo Plus program and I know. Kobo Plus Subscription Series eBooks Rakuten Kobo United States Your Shopping Cart is empty There are currently no items in your Shopping Cart. Readers are also willing to try more new authors and read more widely across both new releases and backlist, as all-you-can-read removes the risk of trying something new.” “Typically, following the launch of a book, revenue tends to decline with age as new releases hit the shelves – but inclusion in the Kobo Plus subscription continues to drive the revenue of a book as it’s discovered by new readers in the service, generating sales for a longer period of time with no decline in individual eBook or audiobook sales. “Kobo Plus has become one of our most popular offerings in the Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, Australia, Italy and France.” Subscribe to Kobo Plus Read directly from Kobo and access hundreds of thousands of all-you-can-read eBooks every month. But when victims of a new killer are found with classical music blaring nearby, Ella must decode the meaning of this macabre. FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. Both ebooks and audiobooks are available, but you will have to. Book 13 - An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller. Nowhere near the full catalogue, of course, and that’s because most publishers are withholding content.īart Robers, Kobo’s Director of Audiobooks and Global Subscriptions, said in the press release that, Kobo Plus aims to compete with Amazons Kindle Unlimited by providing an ebook subscription service for its own ereader users. The Kobo Plus deal offers unlimited access to 1.3 million ebooks and 100,000 audiobooks. So much for the death of unlimited subscription. ![]()
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