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booklover6 · 07-20-2018, 06:56 AM

So in another thread a librarian has been reported as saying libraries pay Overdrive $90 for an audio book (to be renewed yearly?). So if 100 people listen to the book during the year, you might say the author group (author, narrator, publisher, etc) made .90 per listen. Or if 200 people check the book out, it gets reduced to .45 per listen.

So in this example, the author group can actually make MORE via Audible Romance Package listens, for popular books, than they do from library borrows. (And Audible Romance Package books are borrows, not purchases).

07-20-2018, 06:56 AM	#31
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	So in another thread a librarian has been reported as saying libraries pay Overdrive $90 for an audio book (to be renewed yearly?). So if 100 people listen to the book during the year, you might say the author group (author, narrator, publisher, etc) made .90 per listen. Or if 200 people check the book out, it gets reduced to .45 per listen. So in this example, the author group can actually make MORE via Audible Romance Package listens, for popular books, than they do from library borrows. (And Audible Romance Package books are borrows, not purchases).