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November 23, 2012 by Gary Price

booxl, Another Spotify for Ebooks Slated to Launch in Beta This February

November 23, 2012 by Gary Price

From a Post on Digital Book World:

Ebook and book app developer, SkyInk Studios, has announced a plan to launch a new ebook subscription service, booxl. The service will employ a model similar to both Netflix and Spotify. Customers will be able to download the booxl app to view ebooks and book apps through their tablet and e-reader devices and also stream the content online.
The company began developing the platform some months ago as a way to offer their own titles and those of partner publishers and authors. That idea became a vision to create the leading ebook subscription service. In addition to its network of partners, the company is building relationships with outside publishers and authors. SkyInk is also in dialogue with a major data provider to license a substantial number of ebooks for the platform.
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Unlike some niche ebook subscription services, booxl will be a multi-genre platform, offering customers a wide breadth of selection spanning all sorts of fiction, non-fiction, reference, education and even digital magazines and comics. The platform will include a large children’s section and child-friendly interface. The company hopes for its beta version to be live in February.

Read the Complete DBW Blog Post
Learn More About SkyInk Studios
See Also: All The Ebooks You Can Read: A Netflix-Like Service For Ebooks Named Oyster Gets $3M Investment (October 10, 2012)

Filed under: Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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