04-18-2024, 10:20 AM | #2566 |
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Yes, I agree. I could understand if being part of KU blocked them from also being part of Kobo Plus. But being forbidden from even selling their books, full price, on another site is anti-competitive.
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04-18-2024, 10:59 AM | #2567 | |
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04-18-2024, 11:08 AM | #2568 |
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Authors have gotten pulled from KDP Select after their books showed up on illegal piracy sites.
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04-18-2024, 11:10 AM | #2569 | |
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04-18-2024, 11:47 AM | #2570 | |
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I think this author went Kindle Unlimited so that's why no more ePub. |
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04-18-2024, 11:47 AM | #2571 |
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04-18-2024, 11:49 AM | #2572 |
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04-18-2024, 12:11 PM | #2573 |
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That's exactly what happened. Kindle Unlimited is only available to most authors via KDP Select, with an exclusivity clause. (Bigger publishers have their own agreements.)
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04-18-2024, 01:33 PM | #2574 | ||
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Sample link: Amazon Punishes Authors Whose Work Is Pirated, Due to Aggressive Exclusivity Clause |
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04-18-2024, 01:44 PM | #2575 | |
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04-18-2024, 02:44 PM | #2576 |
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04-18-2024, 03:00 PM | #2577 | |
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There are many articles out there about indie authors debating the merits of Amazon exclusivity versus 'going wide.' The articles tend to be written after they have tried both. I don't like Amazon's exclusivity. It's bad for readers and it is at the very least some aggressive arm-twisting for the authors forced to abide by it (I doubt any would chose exclusivity if it weren't tied to being in Kindle Unlimited). But I do not think that Amazon is 'tricking' authors into signing up for it. |
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04-18-2024, 03:24 PM | #2578 | |
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Mr. Ritzlin indicated that he could not, as those three volumes were available on KindleUnlimited. While sympathetic, he stressed that the sales he was getting from those books on KU dwarfed the number of people buying the books directly from the publisher website. |
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04-18-2024, 03:27 PM | #2579 |
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Oh man. I thought that only happened to me!
Except for that one book that I really want to read. The availability estimate on that one remains stubbornly at "about 16 weeks". Last edited by Croptop; 04-18-2024 at 03:35 PM. |
04-18-2024, 04:31 PM | #2580 |
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Books on my wishlist no longer go on sale. Ever. Not one.
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