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Originally Posted by John F
Aren't the majority of "Amazon Authors" in Kindle Unlimited, so the effects of D&L would have been felt quite a while ago?
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Is that a guess? KU is merely an option on self-publishing and prohibits any distribution elsewhere at any price or free, including from the author.
Statistics other than the size of the KU pot (decided by Amazon) sketchy and there is no independent verification of the "value" of KU.
Larger publishers, i.e. retail on Amazon without KDP, can be on KU without any restrictions.
If D&T affect sales (and how would you know?) it would equally or more affect non-KDP as they are on all major platforms, even if using KU.
Also KU titles are available to purchase, not just borrow on subscription, so those sales would be affected by anything affecting any sales.
It's likely most customers didn't use or even know about D&T as they removed that option at Point of sale ages ago. Likely most don't care.
The majority of Kindle users use an app. Even the majority of eink Kindle users may not know that Redit, Mobile Read or the Register even exists.