Oyster Launches Its Very Own E-Book Store

The subscription e-book service announced today the launch of their own e-book store.

Oyster has been called the "Netflix for books" for its subscription e-book service, which launched in September 2013.

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They've grown from a recorded 8 million pages read monthly in December 2013 to 100 million pages read currently.

Today Oyster announced the launch of their ebook store, which has the backing of all five major American publishers: Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hachette's participation comes on the heels of last year's contract dispute with Amazon over the costs of ebooks.

Oyster's e-book store doesn't require a subscription to their streaming service.

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You can read the full announcement here.