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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
Disney animators are salaried employees. They work at Disney's orders, and their work product belongs to Disney.
Indie authors are producing their own product, on their own terms, and Amazon is just one of the bigger stores they can stock their stuff into for customers to find. They're also responsible for any formatting, editing, cover... It's their own stuff they're trying to sell.
Comparing apples to organges.
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Absolutely. I was only comparing income because someone else mentioned it.
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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
As to indie authors making money on KU, I think some do very well, and some don't.
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A tiny fraction of full time authors make as much as about $8,000 p.a.
Almost no authors, indie or signed to publishers, Amazon KU or not, do well. But any on KU would do better by just using KDP, not KDP Select and being on the other platforms. Cost them less than 1 hour per book, ever, to add Kobo, Apple, Barnes&Noble, Scribd etc (all via Smashwords) and separately Google PlayStore Books. Four extra uploads (cover & epub twice, optionally one dual Mobi on Smashwords), Almost same metadata form.
Increase income by 20% to 50% and give consumers more choice. KU advantage via KDP select is a lie in respect of indie authors.