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mitford13 · 03-15-2016, 11:37 PM

Okay...at .0045 he'd make $10.40, not the $104 you listed.

I agree things will probably never be scam-proof, but obviously Amazon realizes they have a serious trust issue with their authors. They virtually never publicly address these issues like they just did on KDP.
And I'm sure they'll take steps, just like they did in switching from KU 1.0 to 2.0.
Some of these scammers actually earned All-Star bonuses--if KDP doesn't fix that, they will eventually lose some of their top authors from Select, who are seeing serious number drops.

03-15-2016, 11:37 PM	#33
mitford13 Guru Posts: 686 Karma: 6495650 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Arlington, VA Device: Kindle App, Kobo App	Okay...at .0045 he'd make $10.40, not the $104 you listed. I agree things will probably never be scam-proof, but obviously Amazon realizes they have a serious trust issue with their authors. They virtually never publicly address these issues like they just did on KDP. And I'm sure they'll take steps, just like they did in switching from KU 1.0 to 2.0. Some of these scammers actually earned All-Star bonuses--if KDP doesn't fix that, they will eventually lose some of their top authors from Select, who are seeing serious number drops.