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Old 12-30-2014, 10:40 AM   #51
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by howyoudoin View Post
It's not fair on the authors because you chose to modify the file and make it un-trackable. Amazon has nothing to do with that "loophole". Amazon did not recommend that you employ that step or switch off your wifi. If you can turn on your wifi in order to download the book, you could be considerate and turn it on again after you're done with the book to update the servers with your read information so that the author gets paid. If you're on vacation and without wifi access, leave the book on the device and delete it after you've returned home and turned wifi on (although I reckon the device probably stores the read information at all times and simply phones it back home when you next connect to wifi, which makes it even simpler for you).
Even if I had a Kindle, I would have the WiFi off and Amazon would not know how much I read. That's why this stupid 10% read is crap. It means that a lot of people who do the same thing won't be reporting how much is read back to amazon. Sorry, but any system like that is going to be a great big FAIL!
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