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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Is there any definitive answer at to whether Amazon either gets paid, or pays out, when I borrow a Kindle-format eBook through a public library Overdrive collection?
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I doubt any of the contract details are or ever will be public, but why would Amazon get paid anything? If anything they should be paying OverDrive (but I doubt they are) since it's a value added service for the Kindle product line. The way Amazon would get "paid" is by selling you a book they pitch or by selling you the whispersync for voice audio attached to that particular title and by the data collected on who borrows what (this was a bone of contention when Penguin made a stink about the OD/Amazon relationship since Amazon wouldn't share the data with them).