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Old 12-29-2014, 06:17 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Because how does Amazon know if someone has read more then 10%? The way I read is I download, put the eBook into Calibre, side load, and read with the WiFi off. Even if I had a Kindle, the WiFi would be off and thus, no way to track my reading. So even if I finish the book, Amazon has no way of knowing that I've read more than 10%. This 10% is garbage and it's not fair for the authors as there is no way to 100% reliably track this 10%.
Perhaps you should reconsider then? If you know that your practice is depriving the author of compensation, then how is that any different than pirating the book?
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