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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Not on a series basis, no.
But how many authors have *all* their books there?
(There's quite a few but they are a small minority. And, depending on the per-read payout they may end up being even smaller as time moves on.)
And it's not a "scam" to offer up loss leaders to build up a fan base.
But building up a fanbase is generally done with the idea of making them "paying" customers.
That is the logic behind most marketting moves and things like staircase pricing of series titles.
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Depends on priorities. Complete series may in fact be in the minority - and if you say so I believe it without asking for a source or example. If however you look for complete series, you can still find a lot of them. I know, because I have first hand experience - my wife already plowed through two complete series and is working on her third at the moment since we started our KU subscription. Also there is a few series that she bought earlier this year or last year that are also complete in KU. Bummer, could have saved money if KU existed sooner. I am working on a trilogy myself (Hugh Howeys Silo Saga) that is complete in KU. He got other books in KU as well - and some he published under S&S probably not.
And even if not all works from one author are in KU does not mean that you HAVE TO read all books. Both of us (wife and me) prefer to only look for complete series if it is a series in KU. There is enough in there that we are not spoilt for choice. Maybe we are bad customers for Amazon and KU, and each author that we read hates us for only committing to the flat fee of KU. We are buying other books sometimes, but not because we seen it in KU, but because they are not in KU.