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Originally Posted by JSWolf
That only works if you have a Kindle and read it on the Kindle with WiFi on. If you have a Kobo or Pocketbook, you'd have to strip the DRM, convert to ePub and read that way. The author then gets nothing from your read.
KU is a really bad implementation given it's requirements. I have a PW3 and if I was to read a KU eBook, I'd not be giving them any money per page as WiFi is off.
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And that would be dishonest, but of course you don’t do that. However, if people are downloading and stripping KU books, that pushes Amazon into more intensive efforts to lock down its system. Do the tools work on KU? I know they don’t on Kindle books from OverDrive.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
The KU cheats Authors compared to sales.
An Amazon subscription Library to cheat authors, lock in readers and build a monopoly.
Cheats readers of privacy too.
The rankings thing shows how Amazon games the system to build its monopoly.
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I just can’t see how “cheating” is involved if an author opts in and the terms are as described, although I agree about Amazon’s monopolistic aims. However, authors have alternatives and if they choose to throw in with Amazon, so it goes. Similarly, no one has to buy from Amazon.
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Also why are so many Terry Pratchett Kindle ebooks more expensive than the paperbacks, including shipping?
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Because people are willing to pay the higher price; presumably they value ebooks more. Demand determines prices; costs just set a floor.