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24 alternatives to Hardbound - #009 - Ebooks: What happened?

A lively discussion on the rise and fall of ebooks.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hardbound - #009 - Ebooks: What happened? launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   SE eBook▲152

   SE eBook

   2014 · gumroad.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Pipe▲196

   Product Hunt for eBooks

   2014 · thepipe.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   What's The Deal with Podcasting?▲24

   eBook presented by the Open Podcast Community

   2020 · openpodcast.xyz · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tubes▲54

   A Journey to the Center of the Internet

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Decoded▲62

   The science behind why we buy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't▲12

   A fresh way to understand why we buy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Rocket Reads▲147

   A simpler alternative to Goodreads

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Tablo▲115

    Medium for ebooks.

    2014 · tablo.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Booklights▲169

    Make America Read Again 📖

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Everything Store▲66

    Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    One Random Book▲90

    Why not let us choose your next read?

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Everything Store▲81

    Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business ▲58

    What wins in entertainment and why.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Public Parts▲83

    How sharing in the digital age improves the way we work

    2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Goodreads 3.0 for iOS▲107

    Drastic redesign of popular social network for book lovers

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    iFlipd▲66

    Pay-as-you-go eBooks

    2014 · booksrun.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Oyster Books (web client)▲92

    Introducing the Oyster Web Reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    How Music Got Free▲67

    The end of an industry and the patient zero of piracy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Pay Me Or Else!▲124

    How to avoid and deal with clients who don’t pay (ebook)

    2015 · thenuschool.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    eBooks▲6

    Ebooks

    2019 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Who Owns the Future▲68

    Dare to rethink how we reward people on the internet

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Bookup▲76

    Hookups for books!

    2017 · bookupapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →