Oyster Books to Shutter Subscription Service as Founders Head to Google

Earlier this week Oyster Books announced on its blog that it is shutting down the two-year-old ebook subscription service. Of course, as you’d expect

Earlier this week Oyster Books announced on its blog that it is shutting down the two-year-old ebook subscription service. Of course, as you'd expect from a company that promotes reading and literature, they sugarcoated the announcement, saying they "will be taking steps to sunset the existing Oyster service over the next several months." The so-called sunset of Oyster Books closely follows the shutdown of Entitle, another ebook subscription service that launched in 2013. According to the…...

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Dana E. Neuts

Dana Neuts is Subscription Insider's Editorial Director, covering our daily subscription news as well as member features, case studies, premium content, and reports. Dana is also a writer, editor, marketer and communications professional. Her work has appeared in AARP Bulletin, The Seattle Times, Seattle Business, 425 Business, 425 Magazine, South Sound Magazine, Northwest Travel and more. Her specialties include business writing, community news, senior issues, travel and, of course, subscriptions!