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Originally Posted by Rizla
Noimp is absolutely right and you and the other guy have proved him right. You are compartmentalizing. Obviously Amazon is selling the commodity of books under the KU program. It is double-think to say otherwise, which is, I suppose, a form of compartmentalization. At it's most generous, it could be characterized as hair-splitting. But I think you need to see the overarching issue  |
No KU books are not sold. They are borrowed. The subscribers do not get to keep the book.
I am now going to abuse Hugh Howey.
His Wool is $4.99.
If I borrow it and read all 530 pages, he will get roughly $2.50.
If I buy the book outright he will earn roughly $3.50.
Now the thing is if I borrow Wool and 9 other books, I have to return one before I can get another borrow.
So still not seeing an issue.
KU is Netflix but for books. The subscribers pay a fee to read all the eligible books they want with a limit of 10 at a time.