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Originally Posted by rantanplan
Is she aware that authors aren't getting paid if she doesn't read KU books on a Kindle?
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You piqued my curiosity (not so difficult in my case).
I'm looking at the KDP Select
Royalties in Kindle Unlimited information page.
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/to...01541130#kenpc
There is something called KENPC v3.0. The details of this algorithm are not available but the general concept is clear.
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We developed the Kindle Edition Normalized Page Count (KENPC) to determine a Kindle eBook's page count in a way that works across genres, devices, and display settings. KENPC is calculated using standard formatting settings (for example; font, line height, line spacing). We use KENPC to measure the number of pages customers read in your Kindle eBook. This starts at the Start Reading Location (SRL) and goes to the end of your Kindle eBook. Amazon typically sets the SRL at chapter 1. This is so readers can start reading the core content of your Kindle eBook as soon as they open it. Non-text elements within Kindle eBooks including images, charts and graphs will count toward KENPC.
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We released KENPC v3.0 to improve the way we measure how many pages that Kindle Unlimited (KU) customers read. We're constantly working to improve our programs and increase fairness of how we allocate the KDP Select Global Fund. These changes continue to improve the program and reward authors whose Kindle eBooks are being borrowed and read the most by customers.
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(emphasis added)
Since they allow downloads, my initial assumption is that team responsible for the algorithm factor it in somehow, even if they cannot measure it directly.
For example, they could contribute an average of the page counts per borrow for the same book for the reading they
can measure. Simple to derive, and better than nothing.
There are many, many YouTube videos about KDP Select, how it works, is it worth it, how to interpret reports etc. Maybe there are some more details there, but it would take a long time to find them there. Best way would be to find someone enrolled in KDP Select and pose a question to them.
My assumption could be wrong of course, I just have no evidence either way.