Fifth of the Technology Business Models. Christian Damke presents Skoobe, a mobile library lending eBooks for a monthly fee.

1. April 2012
Christian Damke

2. Skoobe is a mobile library
• Launched on February 29, 2012
• Financed by Random House and Holtzbrinck
• Device independent (currently available for iOS devices, soon for Android)
• E-Pub as standard, no enriched E-books with special formats
• Book-alike reading on smartphones and tablets
• Frst 10.000 readers can borrow and read any number of new books each month
for Euro 9,99 monthly, then the model will be refined
• Up to five borrowed books are on the personal book-shelf at the same time
• There are no out-of-stock titles at Skoobe
• Every e-book in the library is available always and everywhere
• Open to all publishers – non-exclusive
„Library“ („Bibliothek“), 1999
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3. Marketsize in Germany
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4. Umfrage Goodreads Präsentation
TOC 2013
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7. Businessmodel
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8. SKOOBE:
1. Enlarges the market
2. Helps discovery of books
1. Is a legal alternative for price-sensitive customers
2. Helps publishers to learn about mobile reading
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9. Thank you for your attention.
Contact:
Christian Damke
cd@skoobe.de
Twitter: @grischad