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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Some clarification from the randy penguin:
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Penguin Random House has decided that at this stage we will not participate in unlimited access subscription models. Our decision was made collectively by the company’s international leadership team to preserve a diversity of content in the marketplace and the actual and perceived long-term value of our authors’ intellectual property.
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That's good, if it's the real reason. Because Unlimited (especially via SP KDP Select) does reduce competition. The tracking methods invade privacy. No way should the book seller know how many or which pages you've read.
They also cheat authors & publishers because the page read tracking isn't reliable. Remuneration should be per book, not per page.
I regularly bring up Amazon's business practices because they are ultimately toxic to publishers, authors and readers. Their aim is complete control of books.
They are at 90% of ebooks and in USA over 80% of online paper book sales.
An example of lack of regulation by US Government who rarely protect consumers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ions_by_Amazon