Ben VanderWerp demonstrates the capabilities of a nook e-reader for a client in a Barnes and Noble store in Boston, March 18, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Brian SnyderNEW YORK | Sun 8:19 pm EST September 11, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters)-the Amazon.com Inc is in talks with publishers of books on the launch of a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Seattle-based Amazon, which makes the popular Kindle electronic reader, is also expected to release a tablet to rival Apple iPad in the coming weeks, reported the newspaper.
On a proposal of a digital media library, customers would pay an annual fee to access a content library, reported the newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter.
It is unclear how much traction given the talks, reported the newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter.
Several unnamed publishing executives said they are not enthusiastic about the idea because it would be possible to reduce the value of books and can stretch their relationships with other retailers that sell his books, reported the newspaper.
An Amazon spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
(Reports by Nadia Damouni; Edited by Leslie Adler)
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