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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
Yep, calling it "cheating" is risible . Calling it "effective" otoh, would be less tinfoil-hat-hysterical and more objective. This shown by the fact that I now get several emails EACH WEEK from Kobo urging me to join their equivalent scheme. I've bought a few books that are available in Kobo Plus and therefore RK has decided I need to reminded at least every other day that they have an "all you can read" scheme. I dislike Amazon for many reasons, but there's nothing unethical or "cheating" about a subscription library, and if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then RK is flattering Amazon well.
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The difference is that Kobo does not require or ask authors to be exclusive to Kobo for their books to be in their lending program. So an ebook can be in this program and still available to buy on other platforms. Unlike with Amazon who requires the ebook to only be available on Amazon.
FTR I am not in KU or the Kobo subscription service. But authors and readers know/can learn the ins and outs and publish their books/buy books wherever they choose.
I don't tend to buy ebooks from Amazon because I like the epub format. And I am bummed when an author I really like goes exclusive. But then I still have the choice to buy the ebook at Amazon if I really want to read it, so it's not a case of I
never buy ebooks there. I usually use Kobo or Google Play.