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Originally Posted by haertig
Amazon has some really strange policies regarding eBook payment to the authors IMHO. Another one of their weird ones that I have read about on these forums, is some kind of "pay per page read" scheme. If that's truly the case, then authors never get paid a penny for my eBook purchases from Amazon. Since I keep my Kindle in Airplane Mode 100% of the time, Amazon must think that I never read any of the books that I purchase. I guess Amazon keeps all my money for themselves - screw the authors. This isn't fair to the authors, but I am under no obligation to allow my Kindle to connect to the internet. If the authors aren't paid because of that, that's an issue they should take up with Amazon, not me.
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Authors / Publishers shouldn't use KDP Select:
1) Gives Amazon a monopoly. It's free to upload elsewhere (Smashwords distribute to Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo etc) and nearly double sales.
2) Kindle Unlimited only pays per page "read" from a "pot". It relies on App or ereader or Fire using WiFi frequently. It benefits Amazon. It's a subscription system, yet unlike Satellite or Cable TV Amazon doesn't buy the content and decides how much to pay.
Also Amazon operates a Library system and don't buy the book.
The most abused thing by the public (and rising) is ebook returns. People reading for free and Amazon charges the Author/Publisher (except maybe not the big ones) that uses KDP.