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Originally Posted by Atunah
Why in the heck would I pay $15 to rent 4 books? And why is that thing written in twitter spurts. Horrible to read.
Both Oyster and Scribd paid to much. A rental is not a purchase. Should be lower royalties, or whatever the call it. And certainly not payout at what 10 percent read. Its why KU had to change because of all the 20 page flyers getting payout at just a couple of pages turned until the reader figured it was crap.
Reading 4 books under the subscription is the minimum for me to make it worth. At the $9-10 price that is. I always was shooting for 5-6. Otherwise its cheaper to just outright buy them, especially on sale.
I just wish some more publisher would participate in KU. For now its the one I am keeping. Well I did get a good deal on prime day so that helped a lot.
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They used $15 as a bogey. It was a viability study.
Given the time period, $15 wasn't unreasonable (the price of a typical hardcover).
I recently ran a KU WAG myself and as near as I can tell, 5 books at $10 is probably the breakeven point for anybody who knows their taste and can read an hour a day every day (30 hours a month). Any less and you're better off watching for sales and freebies and still get your reading in for less than $10.
As for more tradpubs getting into KU, I think the time for that is past.
The per-page payout model is anathema to tradpub.
(Too much of their income comes from books that people never finish.)