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Originally Posted by HarryT
Their trend has been to give their authors better terms, not worse, so yes, I think your optimism is probably justified. Doing that is good for business, because it means that they will attract more authors. Everybody wins.
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I think this is right...and in any event, authors can always opt out.
The royalty rate for streaming music is complicated, and I don't know that much about it. And what I remember about it may apply only to the US. But the original royalty rate for streaming was set at the same rate as streaming on the radio. (Called the publishing rate, but that's all I know about it). Later legal changes set the rate at the higher "performance" rate (whatever that is) - this was the cause, a few years ago, of several streaming companies (most notably Pandora) almost going out of business because they couldn't afford the higher rates. There were additional legal changes and a new rate was set - I think it may have been a sliding scale based on revenue, and presumably it lies somewhere between the publishing rate and the performance rate.
Anyway, I don't think that any of these issues really apply to a subscription service for books.