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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do you really think it's right that a 1000-page novel should receive the same payment as a 500-word short story? Would you, as a customer, be willing to pay as much for the short story as for the novel? I wouldn't.
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It's being borrowed so yes. And the same is true of purchases, the book price is not based on the number of words by any stretch of the imagination. It's more like any other commodity, what the market will bear.
Amazon and other publishers are not selling words (or characters or pixels), they are selling titles, books.
This whole payment by word for lending is completely wonky to me as I said.
If I write a magazine article or story I'm usually paid by the word, but not always, sometimes it's a flat rate or even no payment at all other than the publicity/publication credit.
The Lending library and KU are more like checking out a library book and we all know how much an author gets for that....
Anyway, I've said all I want to say here. I know you guys will carry on for 50 more pages but I've got writing to do.
Have fun!