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I agree about paying to "rent" a book. I...

2013-09-11T06:17:35.703-07:00

I agree about paying to "rent" a book. I can do that free from my library as well. They have a huge selection of PNR/UF books I read. But I'll keep an eye out on this service to see how it changes.

Good to know that self-published works will be ava...

2013-09-10T20:00:01.046-07:00

Good to know that self-published works will be available on Oyster!

I'm like you in that my library has a great se...

2013-09-10T19:59:30.639-07:00

I'm like you in that my library has a great selection of romance ebooks to borrow. I haven't done a comparison to see which books are available on Oyster that are not available through my library. But as you mentioned, there are readers whose libraries don't have a great romance selection, so Oyster could prove valuable to them.

Oyster is alienating its clientele by not having a...

2013-09-10T19:57:48.247-07:00

Oyster is alienating its clientele by not having a Droid app. iOS isn't the only app out there and Droid is growing.

It'll be interesting to see which publishers jump on board with Oyster. And I agree; I'd like to see some back lists on there.

I wonder if publishers who do not currently have t...

2013-09-10T19:56:10.654-07:00

I wonder if publishers who do not currently have their ebook titles available via Overdrive (for libraries) would be more open to having their ebook titles on Oyster since with Oyster there is no downloading involved.

Good suggestion about adding audio books. I wonder if Oyster has considered that option? Is there a subscription type service for audio books now? I believe with Audible you pay per audio book; is that the case?

There isn't an abundance of ebooks available thru Amazon's Kindle lendable program or B&N Nook Lend Me. There's a void to fill and hopefully Oyster can fill that void. But with their current selection of ebooks available, I'm going to wait and see.

I saw this on the Smashwords blog. Apparently they...

2013-09-10T19:46:41.902-07:00

I saw this on the Smashwords blog. Apparently they will be a publisher on Oyster, so a lot of self published works will be available there. That should boost the romance section considerably.

I am lucky that my local library has a large digit...

2013-09-10T12:25:18.383-07:00

I am lucky that my local library has a large digital catalog that is romance reader friendly so Oyster would not be for me. I can see the benefit for others that do not have digital borrowing as an option.

I love the idea and the price but 1) I'm an An...

2013-09-10T12:21:40.585-07:00

I love the idea and the price but 1) I'm an Android only (Apple=evil empire) and 2) 72 books won't last me 3 months. They'd have to get romance publishers front and back lists for it to be worth it to me. Love the concept though!

It's definitely an interesting idea. I'm n...

2013-09-10T11:33:08.647-07:00

It's definitely an interesting idea. I'm not sure about the price though since it's essentially just borrowing the books which I could do for free at the library or on my Nook Lend Me feature. Maybe if they added audio books it would be more appealing to me personally. I wasn't aware of this though so thanks for this post that brought it to my attention! I definitely want to find out more about it.