Top five ebook subscription services
This article discusses about the top five ebook subscription services available online, and if you are looking to spend on one now, then you should read this, it will give you some idea about all the major subscription services available online, and will help you in choosing the right one.
Imagine a place where you can go to when life overwhelms you, and in that place, you get to hibernate and live a life of your choice. A choice which you don't know how it will end, but sure to take you to a journey, enabling you to switch off from all your problems. What if I tell you that you can get to such a place by paying a small price? With a device in your pocket, you can become a walking library, and instead of wasting time going to distant libraries, you can read the book at your fingertips. So, what are you going to do? Would you prefer going to physical libraries or the digital ones? We know that digital books are no match when compared to physical ones, but you can save so much time preferring the digital ones. If you are ready to spend around ten dollars, you can access this service, and save time commuting between home and the library. And this service can be subscribed on a monthly or yearly basis depending upon your need. In this article, we are going to spend some time looking into five of the best programmes out there for finding the favourite titles you are looking for.1. Kindle unlimited
This is one of the most popular subscriptions when it comes to books. It has over one million ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to choose from, and there is no limit that the users are allowed only up to a certain number of downloads per month. The users can download and read as many books as they wish without limit and it's up to the user to make the most out of it. One attractive thing about this subscription is its rating system. Here, you can get the best user rating and reviews from users all over the world, and it's miles beyond any other services online. When it comes to drawbacks, there is one that not all the major publishing houses participate in it including HarperCollins and Penguin Random House. So there is a chance that you may not find the best seller you are looking for. Still, there is plenty of content available with this subscription, and with the amount of ratings and reviews that gets accumulated into each book, one can easily find what to read next.2. Scribd
Scribd is one of the best options, if you are a student or researcher, as it contains everything from novels to academic papers. You can search for anything including the books that were hard to find in other subscription services, and you will find all of it right here, especially the academic ones. With books from over a thousand publishers including the major ones like Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Harper Collins and Hachette, you will find everything you need here. Besides books, you can also find audiobooks, magazines, and even sheet music. It has over seven lakh monthly subscribers, and if you want to publish a book of your own, it's a good place to start with.3. Bookmate
Bookmate has a thriving community of over one million subscribers, and has books of over fourteen other languages besides English. It offers a vast collection of books from contemporary and classics to even comic books. So, it's not just for normal leaders, it has so much to offer for comic book lovers too. Bookmate also provides a social media interface enabling the users to browse through what their friends are sharing like quotes from their favourite titles, and the only downfall with this subscription is that it lacks many best sellers. Otherwise, it's a fun place to spend time with, going through the world of books with friends, sharing opinions about the book. It provides more than just reading.4. Comixology unlimited
As the name implies, it certainly has a lot to offer for comic book fans. With thousands of comics and graphic novels from all of the major publishers, one doesn't have to look further for their favourite series. After being acquired by Amazon in 2014, it has grown as a leader in the comic book category, being entirely dedicated to comics. By subscribing to this, you can save time visiting nearby comic book stores, and instead, you will be getting a whole library of comic books at your fingertips.5. 24 Symbols
With this subscription service, the user will be getting access to over 500,000 e-books in more than ten languages. It's not just limited to e-books, it also has audiobooks to browse through and listen to. Though there are audiobooks available, it comes with one limitation, that is you won't be able to save too many audiobooks to your library as you do with kindle unlimited, where you can listen to as many as you want. Instead, you will be getting only one audiobook per month, but in the case of books, you are free to download any number to your library. From contemporary and classics to even comic books and graphic novels, you will find all of it here.Verdict
When all of the subscription services are compared to each other, the best option seems to be Scribd, for it offers everything from novels to academic papers, and also it has contents from all the major publishing houses. All of the services described here come at the same price range, and when compared, Scribd offers better value for the money, and also there are no other services available online to beat scribd when it comes to academic papers.
