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Originally Posted by twowheels
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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Because I don't read with the WiFi on.
If I was reading a book and I went to have a look at the copyright page which is usually at the back of an eBook these days, how would the Amazon or the Kindle know I had not read up to that part of the book?
Would data be sent back to Amazon saying I'm at the copyright and the author gets paid because I've gone past 10%?
I should not have to have the WiFi on if I do not want it on just for the author to maybe get paid.
This is a breakdown in the system. The system requires me to do what I would not do in order for the author to get paid. Could I return the borrow book via Kindle for PC? If so, I'd do it that way.
This is part of the problem. When I was last on vacation, I was away from home for 12 or 13 days. I barely had WiFi access. I had my Reader with me. So if I was reading an eBook borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, I would not have been able to turn on the WiFi and send that I had read more then 10%. This is a major flaw in the system and Amazon should address it.