Authors unhappy with Kindle Unlimited

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

Just to see if it's a book you might be interested in? I'm sure that some readers won't bother and other readers would.

Why? If it costs me nothing (monetary nor loss of available borrowing slots) to borrow the book and then return it if I don't like it, why would I go through the trouble of getting the sample first? That would just guarantee lost time for the cases where I did want to read the book.

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by twowheels

Why? If it costs me nothing (monetary nor loss of available borrowing slots) to borrow the book and then return it if I don't like it, why would I go through the trouble of getting the sample first? That would just guarantee lost time for the cases where I did want to read the book.

I don't belong to Kindle Unlimited, but I wonder if there is a way to borrow the book when you get to the end of the sample, like there is the buy button to buy at the end of the sample. I read somewhere that books purchased this way actually now open to the spot where the sample ends.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

I don't belong to Kindle Unlimited, but I wonder if there is a way to borrow the book when you get to the end of the sample, like there is the buy button to buy at the end of the sample. I read somewhere that books purchased this way actually now open to the spot where the sample ends.

For that option you would have to be in KU.

[Alfy]

I have not read all the posts, so my apologies if this has already been asked/pointed out, but: isn't participation in the KU programme voluntary for the authors? And in which case, what the heck are they complain about?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Alfy

I have not read all the posts, so my apologies if this has already been asked/pointed out, but: isn't participation in the KU programme voluntary for the authors? And in which case, what the heck are they complain about?

You really do need to read the thread. This question has been asked - and answered - several times.

[BuddyBoy]

Originally Posted by twowheels

So you made a lot of noise about a non-issue that doesn't affect you?

You're new here, aren't you?

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by twowheels

If the book is "free" to borrow, why would I go through the trouble of reading the preview first? There's no benefit to the reader, so that idea falls through. Readers won't do that.

You appear to have not read the posts surrounding my comment. I was talking about the 10% rule and payment to authors.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Alfy

I have not read all the posts, so my apologies if this has already been asked/pointed out, but: isn't participation in the KU programme voluntary for the authors? And in which case, what the heck are they complain about?

KU authors sign up for a minimum term, and the amount per book is not guaranteed, in fact I think it's falling (I follow an author's blog who has books in KU and she will pull out when the minimum term is up, it was good at first, but now the income is dropping, she thinks it's because everyone who wanted to read her books has read them no and new readers are not coming through)