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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.
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I think some people don't realise how KDP Select works, especially KU aspect. BUt I agree, no-one MAKES an author/publisher opt-in and legally it's not cheating.
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Originally Posted by issybird
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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Absolutely. I don't mind buying occassionally, but I won't sign up to Prime or KU.
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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.
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It's always been "What the Market will bear". Totally agree.
I don't mind paper and prefer to buy on paper if I have a lot of a series or author on paper, unless the Kindle price is dramatically cheap.
I know many people won't even try an ebook on a borrowed decent Kindle/Kobo and others now that won't buy on paper. Choice is good.
For me the over riding reason originally for eink was PD out-of-print books. I was reading them on Laptop from 2001. A Palm PDA or phone (even the Nokia Communicator I had in 2002) seemed madness. Then I found ereader was good in the proof / annotate / edit cycle instead of paper.
I've bought paper books and Amazon ebooks in the last week.
Basically I agree totally with what you are saying. Perhaps I'm just highlighting the negatives.