Oyster announced Thursday that it is releasing a new Web-based subscription service that provides unlimited access to long list of e-books.
The reader is being used to compete with Amazon, which introduced its Kindle Unlimited service less than a week ago, according to VentureBeat. Subscribers will gain access to a catalog of 500,000 books, which is 100,000 more titles than subscription service competitor Scribd and 100,000 less than Amazon's Kindle Unlimited.
Oyster said the release of its new reader has been in the works for months.
The e-book subscription service added that subscribers will get the same experience using the reader as they do while reading their favorite blogs, PC Magazine reported. While reading, the pages will scroll smoothly from top to bottom, and users will have five different reader themes to choose from.
The reader is the second new platform from Oyster to come out in the past month - the first being its Android App, which was released on June 17th. Oyster is responsible for 35 percent of the total subscriber month reading on Google's mobile platform, marking the company's most successful month to date. The company said users currently read more than 3 million pages on its service every day.
"Knowing that about a third of e-book readers regularly read on the Web, we've had our sights set on this launch for some time," said Eric Stromberg, co-founder and CEO of Oyster. "This marks an important next step on our mission to provide the best product on as many devices as possible."
Those who are new to Oyster can go to the company's website and try out the service for 30 days for free.
Subscribers to Oyster's new service can get unlimited access to books on the Web, as well as Android and iOS devices, for $10 a month. Bestselling titles that are available include Under the Dome, The Happiness Project, Steve Jobs, The Great Gatsby, Beautiful Ruins, Onward, and A Hologram for the King.
