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Tag: Willem Van Lancker

Ebook subscription startup Oyster expands to iPad and opens to all; some stats from Scribd

on October 16, 2013

“Netflix for ebooks” Oyster launched on iPad and opened up to everybody Wednesday; previously it had only been available on iPhone. Rival service Scribd also released some stats showing that most of its use is coming from iPad.

No, seriously: Oyster comes pretty close to being a Netflix for ebooks

on September 5, 2013

I was skeptical that we’d ever see a Netflix for ebooks. Oyster’s launch on Thursday proved me wrong: It offers books that you’ve actually heard of, in a very well-designed app, for $9.95 per month.

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