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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I don't run across them near as much as I did when I looked at ereaderiq freebies everyday.
Other pet peeve on blurbs is when they start with #1 best seller on Amazon. This is usually some unknown who made #1 in a free subcat that has like 4 books total in the category.
And like Maria (apologies that I thought she was a he), I hate reviews in blurbs. I want the author's words not someone else's idea.
Now back to the payout, has anyone found out if it is more profitable since they are now paying by the page?
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The authors who were doing well before are still doing well. But if an author is doing well, they have visibility so it feeds on itself (I've been in that position, although I am not currently benefiting from the algos. The more you are bought or read, the more Amazon shows the book). Those authors who were doing well are reporting they are making more with the new scheme (generally). Some authors had specifically uploaded short books and short stories to the old KU because it could mean fast and easy payouts for short reads because the reader would hit the payout level fairly fast and the author would get paid whether the book was finished or not. Some of those books/shorts are cycling out of KU, but I do know authors who have always written relatively short books (40 to 60k romances and chicklit) and they are doing well in the new KU program. (There is a healthy market for shorter reads so long as you market correctly and your user base knows what to expect). I'm not sure why they didn't do well in the old program, but the two or three I talk to are doing better under the new scheme.
I didn't try the old KU as it never made sense to me. The new one will probably end up making me the same amount of money had I stayed wide--what I lose in Kobo/B&N/Apple/etc I'll make in KU reads. I've only been in 3 weeks with one book and 4 with the other, but it's looking like a wash for me. Of course, that could change before the 90 days is over.
Reading habits also change. If people read more in the summer versus winter, the stats could have seasonal changes too. Buying habits do have seasonal changes so I'd expect KU to also fluctuate.