Very interesting article about Kindle Unlimited. I can see a potential benefit to Indie authors, if they are willing to go KDP Select. However, for small publishers, I’m not sure. Indie authors must go to KDP Select, and I assume traditional publishers have a choice, but what about the smaller publishers?
Kindle Unlimited—Good or Bad for Authors?.
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Author Alicia Dean 
Thanks for sharing, Alicia. If I understand the article right, buyers can get as many books as they want for practically nothing. I mean, thirty+ books at $2.99 each for only $9.99 is a lot of loss. It doesn’t sound so bad unless you get thousands a day downloading your book for three months. That is a potential thousands of dollars authors won’t see. Unless- as one commenter mentioned, the buyer leaves KDP Unlimited, which means they also lose all their books in the program so they choose to buy the books outright. I just don’t see a lot of that happening; cancellations or buying those same books.
From a purely reader standpoint it sounds reasonable and great. But I’m not JUST a reader so it blurs the line extensively for me.
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Actually, Calisa, for authors who can participate, it’s a great deal. If a reader downloads your book in KU and reads at least 10%, you get royalties on it. For authors who can’t participate, it might not be a good deal. For readers who read several books a month, it’s nice, but if you don’t already spend at least $10 a month on books, and if you read authors whose books are not a part of KU, then it wouldn’t be worth it. I guess it’s one of those things were there are advantages for some but not for others.
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How many of us have downloaded books to help out an author friend but haven’t yet read them? That’s the part that’s going to hurt–waiting until the purchaser reads 10% before receiving that royalty. I personally have only one title in KDP Select (the other 5 indies are available elsewhere) but will keep an eye on how that title fares.
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