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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I was being facetious on the cancelling KU.
Now what is the difference between paying ten 99 cent authors $1.34 per borrow under the old system or paying one 3000 page author $13.50?
Or 10 300 page authors 13.50? Or one author with ten 300 page books?
The money works out the same just distributed differently.
Under this new system, longer works are worth more than shorts. Which for the subscribers KU desperately needed.
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I just don't think it's viable, long term. For Amazon and for the KU system. Why the heck would Amazon pay an author $13.50 for a book that might be listed at $3.99? That makes no sense. Payout should be capped at the book's retail price, and to control that, a maximum price should be set. A realistic price. The KU payout shouldn't be based on pages once that maximum has been reached.
If they don't do this, it'll be another Scribd...it won't be "unlimited" any more. They'll have to place limits or they'll be so far in the red....