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Originally Posted by Catlady
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.
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I have actually wondered about this too. I also have a Scribd subscription and like you I don't keep my wifi on on my device. I don't leave wif on on my e-ink kindles either. I can read a whole book easy before I get around turning it on. I wondered with Scribd how they can tell how I read.
Now I wondered the same with KU. I have been reading a book between a kindle and my nexus kindle app and didn't turn on wifi at all, just used the goto to find where I left off. So when I finish the book I might wifi sync, I might not. I sometimes only turn on wifi once a day, depending on what I am waiting on.
So I assume they must have some algorithm build in that records how you read, pages changed and all that on both of the services. Since they have to send out payment to authors based on some percentage, it must be triggered somehow. Otherwise my reading to them would look like only one entry, finishing the book. If I have the books already downloaded to the device, the wouldn't know when I started, how long or anything.
I could read a book, finish it and delete it from the KU program without turning on wifi. They must have some way to tell I actually read it and not just downloaded and then delete or some authors will abuse that system quickly.
I just signed up for the trial so I see how it goes. I really like the immersion reading on my Nexus. I am not big on audio books, but this way seems to help me get used to them and its seamless.