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For KU to succeed it has to be a good deal for authors as well as readers. Musicians complain loudly that the money they get from streaming services like Spotify is just pitiful. I don't blame the BPHs for taking a wait and see attitude.
How can authors tell if the system actually works as specified and they are being properly compensated per their contracts. There does not have to be malice on Amazon's part -- all software has bugs that take time to be exposed, identified, fixed. And Amazon's interests and authors' and publishers' interests do not align perfectly. Amazon wants to make getting books as frictionless as possible and wants to err on being lenient to customers, whereas publishers want a rigorous, secure system with strict accounting. Can they trust Amazon to plug all the holes?
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