The beauty of books is being able to borrow and share your favorites with friends, however with restrictive DRMs, you can only do that if you're within the same ecosystem, but the Ownshelf app is looking to change all that.
Currently seeking funding on KickStarter, the Ownshelf app is hoping to bring the experience of sharing a book with a friend to tablets and smartphones. The way Ownshelf works is that for $20, you receive 10 years of unlimited access to their service, where you can browse people's personal libraries, store your own e-books in the cloud, and the best part is you can share and borrow books from friends like you would on a Kindle, with the exception of not having to be shackled to the DRM of any one ecosystem
If the Ownshelf sounds at all interesting, you might want to consider heading over to its KickStarter page. It also has a website that's currently in beta that will provide a preview of what the Ownshelf app will do.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Social Literature Sharing
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Developing platforms that allow users to easily share and borrow books across different ecosystems without DRM restrictions.
- Personal Library Cloud Storage
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Creating secure and accessible cloud storage platforms specifically designed for e-books, enabling users to store their own e-books and access them from any device.
- Mobile Book Sharing
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Building mobile apps that facilitate book sharing and borrowing among friends, bringing the experience of sharing a physical book to smartphones and tablets.
Where This Applies
- E-book Platforms
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Developing e-book platforms that prioritize social sharing and borrowing features, offering a more dynamic and interconnected reading experience.
- Cloud Storage Services
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Creating specialized cloud storage services tailored to the needs of book enthusiasts, providing secure and user-friendly options for storing and accessing personal e-book libraries.
- Mobile App Development
- Opportunity for disruptive innovation: Investing in the development of mobile apps that focus on book sharing and borrowing, leveraging the increasing popularity of smartphones and tablets for reading purposes.
