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Tarana · 01-05-2015, 03:33 PM

My personal belief is that all these subscription services will die when new contracts with the authors come up. I've noticed that some of the offerings of authors have backpedaled. The first book of a series might be available as a KU option, but the rest of the series must be purchased. Just like what has been happening with Whispersync, authors will reject having their works used as loss leaders. When the new contract comes out, they limit how much Amazon can discount their work.

So, I'm taking advantage of KU now for some stuff my library doesn't have that I enjoy.

01-05-2015, 03:33 PM	#19
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,040 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	My personal belief is that all these subscription services will die when new contracts with the authors come up. I've noticed that some of the offerings of authors have backpedaled. The first book of a series might be available as a KU option, but the rest of the series must be purchased. Just like what has been happening with Whispersync, authors will reject having their works used as loss leaders. When the new contract comes out, they limit how much Amazon can discount their work. So, I'm taking advantage of KU now for some stuff my library doesn't have that I enjoy. Last edited by Tarana; 01-05-2015 at 03:36 PM.