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Old 07-23-2014, 07:31 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
But unlike musicians who are have no control over "airplay", the indie publishers can pull the titles that make up the bulk of the KU catalog at a moment's notice. That ensures that if the payout is not satisfactory they can limit the damage.
At the risk of being pedantic, to enroll in KU a book has to be in KDP Select, and books are put into KDP Select for 90 days at a time. So, if the indie decides that it was a very bad idea, they'll have to wait up to 3 months. That's not a huge amount of time, but it's not "at a moment's notice" either

Otherwise I agree that there are enough differences between KU and Pandora/Spotify/etc that it won't necessarily be as bad a deal for authors as they are for musicians. I think we'll have to wait for a definite answer to that question.
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