[ArizonaGuy]

I have not been a fan of Kindle Unlimited for a couple of reasons, the first being that my interest generally lies outside of the books available through KU and the second being that I am not, by choice, a fast reader. I take my time and a book can easily take me 7-10 days to read (I also listen to Audible books and that takes up much of my time) so KU never seemed to make economic sense for me either. However I recently came across a couple of books that I wanted to read and they were expensive enough that I finally joined KU since I thought it would save me some money.

I also recently bought a subscription from Speechify and thought I would mix eBook reading and eBook listening using the Kindle link in Speechify which logs into your Kindle account to get access to the books. I already do that with Kindle books I have bought (for purchased books authors get paid whether or not I read the book), and that worked well, but I saw a YouTube video by a KU author describing how authors get paid and that involves how much of their book readers actually read. If you borrow a KU book and only read the first chapter they get paid very little. If you read more they get paid more and if you read the whole book they get the maximum. I want to reward the KU authors of the books I read but was wondering if anyone knew if listening to a KU book using Speechify counted as reading or not. It seems unfair to listen if the author who put all that work into writing the book gets nothing because I am listening rather than using the Kindle app or Kindle device.

Does anyone know? Or should I contact some KU authors and ask them?