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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The Prime Lending exclusivity window is for only 90 days. By itself it should be no big deal. The danger is that the extra Kindle sales and lending revenue strongly exceeds the Smashwords revenue and the publisher sees no reason to return.
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Yes this is what I am afraid of they wont return.
I talked to a very well known Author a few weeks back. I asked her why she removed her books from Smashwords she told me they were still available on Amazon and due to Prime promotions she had to remove them. Knowing about the 90 days clause I asked her if they would return and she said she had no plans to put them back up over there but just B&N and Amazon.
I suppose it not a huge deal seeing they are DRM free and easy to convert with Calibre most of the time.
Almost all the authors I buy from Smashwords have removed many or all of their titles. Only time will tell if they ever come back but I am not holding my breath.