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SteveEisenberg · 08-03-2013, 05:51 PM

Kindle Direct Publishing question:

What happens today when the average eBook author dies, with or without a will?

I suppose Amazon doesn't know until a royalty payment -- say, a direct deposit of US$15 -- comes back as account closed. Does the book then vanish? If not, why not?

08-03-2013, 05:51 PM	#28
SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,435 Karma: 43514536 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	Kindle Direct Publishing question: What happens today when the average eBook author dies, with or without a will? I suppose Amazon doesn't know until a royalty payment -- say, a direct deposit of US$15 -- comes back as account closed. Does the book then vanish? If not, why not?