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Old 02-17-2023, 06:29 PM   #1436
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I am troubled by the number of people who seem to think nothing of DeDRM'ing Kindle Unlimited books even knowing that means the author won't get paid.

The argument that it's okay to steal money from KU authors because they don't get paid much anyway because they write crap or Amazon steals their money first ... well, it troubles me. It also makes me question any assistance I have provided for liberating ebooks from K4Mac.

Last word: According to this author: "I write romance novels and have easily made 4–5-figures a month being exclusively in KDP Select with all my books ... I’ve been a self-published author (under a pen name) for over five years now, and in all of those years, I’ve had my books in KDP Select. Why? Because a good 80% of my income comes from the program. And I still make enough for it to be my full-time career." https://medium.com/the-business-of-w...d-efbec9facac4

ETA: I have never subscribed to KU. All my Kindle books are purchased, even those available through KU.

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