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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
There are different audiences for subscriptions and it can be separate from the buyer market and the "Freebie" market. From what I've seen those who have latched onto the "free" hard aren't about to get a subscription or start buying again.
Those who like free to sample an author's work (like me) are still occasional buyers--and KU does not help me there because I"m not paying 9 dollars to sample--I can use the regular sampling!
Yes, it will be interesting to see where it goes!
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Amazon hasn't stopped samples nor free days under KDP.
Those definitely appeal to a different customer base than KU.
KU is really a different creature from everything else, targetting a very specific audience, which is something the anti-amazon axis doesn't get.
Check this mis-read:
http://www.mhpbooks.com/you-dont-get...ted-royalties/
They "conveniently" forget KU titles are also available for sale in the Kindle store.
Or that since Amazon is not licensing your IP, they don't pay royalties; they *charge* a distribution fee or pay a share of a funding pool.
Or that under the old model, people who read 9% and stopped didn't generate payouts so it was possible for people to "read your book" without paying.
(Do you remember the flaps when Amazon introduced "look inside" and samples?)
They keep pretending Amazon is a publisher when (by and large) it isn't.