Revealing look at dynamics of netflix-for-books models. Scribd pulls romance genre because people read oto much.
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Apparently what will work for Scribd/Oyster/Amazon-KU is high word-count books that people abandon at <10%. So Piketty-like books basically.
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Charge ~9.99/mo from subscribers, go after people who browse <10 books/mo at <10%, drop books with high read-through.
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...OR target people who read 1 book/mo fully. Barbell market: browsers and finishers. Bad market=readers can finish >1 book and do.
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While I feel sorry for romance authors, it makes sense. New model does not favor addictive reading available of commodity supplied genres
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Best bet for authors: write addictive, high-completion-rate *non-genre* book so you aren't bundled upstairs but remain in basic subscription
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Only problem is discovery of those authors -- bundling is one way to take care of that discoverability
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And romance readers [much like sports fans!] are already trained to subscribe, expect separate bundles (Harlequin of month clubs, etc.)
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