Amazon could be trying the Netflix model for e-books soon.<\/p>\n
A Web page introducing a subscription service promising unlimited access to a vast library of Kindle digital books appeared and then quickly vanished on Wednesday, 16 July 2014.<\/p>\n
A snapshot of the page stored in a Google cache captured online retail titan and Kindle-maker Amazon touting unfettered access to more than 600,000 titles along with thousands audiobooks for a monthly fee of $10.<\/p>\n
Works pictured on the page included Water for Elephants, Life of Pi, and Flash Boys along with complete collections of Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and Lord of the Rings books.<\/p>\n
“This is a game changer if it’s real,” an author said in an exchange the sighting prompted at a Kindle community online message board.<\/p>\n
Amazon did not respond to AFP requests for comment.<\/p>\n
The news website GigaOm reported on the planned Amazon service, which would compete with similar subscription services from Scribd and Oyster.<\/p>\n
Kindle dominates the e-book market, putting Amazon in a position to field a stand-alone all-you-can-read service.<\/p>\n
Amazon last month launched a streaming music service in the US in a move aimed at keeping customers in its orbit amid the rise in services like Pandora and Spotify.<\/p>\n
U.S. government sues Amazon over in-app purchases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n