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Originally Posted by tomsem
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.
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I assume that they do not count downloads as reads at all. They probably count on the Kindle being connected to their servers eventually and all of the accumulated reading stats collected at that time. A Kindle that never connects is probably rare enough that it can be ignored for KU purposes.
Amazon tries to encourage people to keep their Kindles online. They give you reading stats encouraging reading streaks and have contests with badges for reading accomplishments. If you never connect you miss out on those.
Now it seems they going further by moving toward forcing you to connect if you want to read KU books. That is at least circumstantial evidence that page reads won't get counted any other way.