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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
If they don't ever see you read any of it, the author won't get paid. Although since it is a borrowed book, I assume you will turn it on to return the book and at that point, I assume they grab the data they want/need.
And yes, I should have used a better example than one or two pages because the author doesn't get paid unless the reader reads 10 percent of the book. However, flipping through the book would trigger that. I'm not sure if clicking on the "chapter" links would automatically trigger the 10 percent or if the person would have to page through enough pages.
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Here's the scenario I'm asking about. I don't have a Kindle. I'd be using an app on my phone. Wi-fi drains the battery, so I mostly turn it off. Say I read the book offline, then flip back to the cover. The next time I turn wi-fi on and return the book, how can Amazon know if I read it or not?
I'm not talking about gaming the system, I'm talking about how I would actually read borrowed books.