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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
This isn't KDP books, right, it's the stuff they actually publish, right?
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Correct.
AmazonPublishing sees commercial advantage in geting the books it publishes extra visibility on libraries whereas Amazon LLC, *retailer* of books sees no profit in getting the book *others* publish into library. In fact, they don'thave the right to negotiate that unless and until thdy modify their contracts.
Different creatures in the same zoo, each with its own interests and agenda.
APub in Grand Rapids is a different beast from KDP in Seattle; same owner, different business.
And it makes sense they would go with a non-Kindle solution because their books are already on the PRIME READS and KU libraries. This is just to get the books before non-Kindle audiences. Which means it will innevitably be a smaller effort since there are a lot less of those.