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Apparently, all they are interested is outright purchases at full list. It is like Hollywood only tracking DVD sales and ignoring all cable, satellite and streaming income. For KU, the word from Author Earnings is that average payout from sales of ebooks in the Prime Lending Library is $2 and "coincidentally" Amazon has maintained the compensation pool size to deliver about $2 per read. For most authors in KOLL for the last three years, a read is the same as a sale. Worse, at Oyster and Scribd, the 60% per-read compensation is no different than putting an ebook on sale for 40% off (which the BPHs have done regularly once agency ended) so not tallying up those paid reads just isn't defensible. The best one could say is they're too lazy to try to get good numbers. |
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Subscriptions services have never been included by the NYT in the past. Subsidized purchases (such as Scribd & Oyster) aren't counted as they have proven to be abused to beef up sales numbers. Example: a group of people can easily flip through 10% of hundreds of titles each month forcing Scribd to blow through any cash reserves they have. The subscribers aren't paying for each "read" but Scribd is. |
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In 3.5 months I have read 41 books on Scribd and paid $8.99; that's not a bad value for me but I guess Scribd is probably losing money on it. |
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I tried the iPhone app and could not use it. There was no ability to change to my preferred font (Caecilia or similar) and no margin or line spacing adjustment. In the end I cancelled my account after begging them to allow users to settle in comfortably. The idea of $8.99 for great books from first rank publishers really appeals but they obviously don't care for user comfort. ![]() |
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Has anyone figured a way to get one of these audio books onto a non i-thing mp3 player? ![]() |
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http://www.audible.com/dc?mt=MP3&mfid=41 |
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I'm not keeping this service, so I haven't attempted it. Someone here at MR was able to do it, but I can't remember where I saw it. |
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I can play them (wifi off FYI, no streaming) but can't find them when I plug the phone into the PC. They must be hidden somehow. |
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Also got my first complementary credit through KU. Do I have to cancel anything after the 3 months? I intend to keep KU, but don't want to pay for audible. Would I still be able to listen to KU audiobooks with only paying the $9.99 for KU? |
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