tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post3979715365383647719..comments2024-03-19T00:36:41.991-05:00Comments on Pretentious Title: Kindle Unlimited Is Changing Their Payment Structure and Why I Think That's AwesomeRachel Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917123007610750274noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-81551845475581122015-07-12T14:15:10.669-05:002015-07-12T14:15:10.669-05:00I'm ready to help 20 people today make $100/ d...I'm ready to help 20 people today make $100/ day at the legit way. No scam. No sign up fee. No monthly payments. Legit business with no experience required. If you're interested feel free to inbox me:: travisjonathan999(at) g m a i l. c o m (Join the spaces)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04974643927567145915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-75413535872398812772015-07-03T13:26:27.760-05:002015-07-03T13:26:27.760-05:00LHandLG said...
But with this new system, I might ...LHandLG said...<br /><i>But with this new system, I might just revisit my books and add unnecessary fluff to pad the count. As I'm sure, many will do also.<br /><br /> And the quality problem remains...</i><br />You would be shooting yourself in the foot, instead of making more money. Your readers would sense the fluffiness and abandon your writing. Instead, write a second story! Don't write 2000 words into a story that wants 1000, write two 1000-word stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-77165986555732592332015-06-30T17:34:56.187-05:002015-06-30T17:34:56.187-05:00I'm with you on the serial chopping thing as a...I'm with you on the serial chopping thing as a way to make money. Let that be said.<br /><br />But, there's an issue when you end up at 1,000,000 words (I know crazy writers) of pure amazingness and won't get published because it's way too long. I think it does make sense sometimes to chop. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-34867560443342883812015-06-30T14:01:06.705-05:002015-06-30T14:01:06.705-05:00I agree this change was necessary to deter mass pr...I agree this change was necessary to deter mass produced shorts peddled by clever marketing gurus.<br /><br />What I don't agree with, is penalizing short stories. I wrote my short story to be included in the Short Read section of kindle store. Readers need this to evaluate how much time they have to read if they're traveling or at the doctor's office. There's a market for shorts otherwise Amazon wouldn't have bothered with this detailed section.<br /><br />It's not because I don't waste space describing every piece of furniture, color of walls and textures of drapes, that I should be penalized. I serve my stories straight up. Just the facts. <br /><br />But with this new system, I might just revisit my books and add unnecessary fluff to pad the count. As I'm sure, many will do also.<br /><br />And the quality problem remains...LHandLGhttp://amazon.com/author/lhandlgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-16196625431751616182015-06-25T09:17:38.795-05:002015-06-25T09:17:38.795-05:00I love your level headed reaction, the way you und...I love your level headed reaction, the way you understand business, and your undying enthusiasm. I thought I'd just throw that in here, since I have nothing intelligent to add to your post's topic, as you've covered it all. :)Veronica Sicoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741318844378921184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-43857537435626230332015-06-24T05:53:30.047-05:002015-06-24T05:53:30.047-05:00Davida, it's the same for ebooks: If you sell ...Davida, it's the same for ebooks: If you sell the book, you get full royalties. This change only affects KU, which is - as far as I can tell - a subscription model to borrow and read books.<br />Not all of the books that are sold on amazon are available on KU and being on KU does not affect regular sales of books.<br /><br />To me, the KU change sounds like a good and necessary step.Kai Herbertzhttp://kaiherbertz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-19822534865047475432015-06-24T03:07:07.891-05:002015-06-24T03:07:07.891-05:00Thanks for this, but I'm not convinced. My pro...Thanks for this, but I'm not convinced. My problem is that when someone sells a print version of a book, they get full royalties - and no one checks to see if I've read it or if I'm using it as a doorstop. I get the "pay for quality, not quantity" idea, but it still doesn't seem right to me. Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13862954387314281089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-69646302764931671412015-06-24T03:01:36.894-05:002015-06-24T03:01:36.894-05:00Hi Rachel and thanks for this very interesting pos...Hi Rachel and thanks for this very interesting post. I agree with you about this new system, it seems more fair to me too but only for books with written content. As a webcomic author selling on Amazon, I must say I'm a bit worried. My comic books are less than 100 pages, but drawing is a hard and long work so it takes me about 18 months to produce 1 comic book. And I don't want to see this hard and long work devalued by this new system.<br />Anyway, thanks a lot for your recurrent insight about KU. :)Marchttp://thegardener-comic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-17465953663173419112015-06-23T08:02:03.327-05:002015-06-23T08:02:03.327-05:00Thanks Jimney! I'm glad you liked the post.Thanks Jimney! I'm glad you liked the post. Rachel Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917123007610750274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7467549889510324132.post-80326004850663946662015-06-23T07:28:15.297-05:002015-06-23T07:28:15.297-05:00Hi Rachel
Thanks for the great summary of the new...Hi Rachel<br /><br />Thanks for the great summary of the new KU! I've been waiting for this post for a while - you're the only person who manages to discuss this rather dry and math-y stuff (I can't maths to save my life) in a way that doesn't put me to sleep after two lines. (This is supposed to be praise!)<br /><br />I have to say: I agree with you. I don't really get why most authors complain about this (although... people do like to complain, don't they?) to the extent they do. I'm thinking this change will make KU better for authors - at least the serious ones - who get paid by the actual merits of their craft rather than simply because the book was pre-read (10%. You can read 10% of most books on amazon without borrowing it as well. It's the sale afterward that counts, IMO.).<br /><br />Plus: short stories. They are shorter (no kidding!), yes, but they also take very little time to finish/polish to a publishable standard. This means one can create more of them than one can books - and this in turn means there'll be more content more quickly to be bought/read by readers.<br /><br />The people who complain ought to be those who a) are inexperienced (a little experience goes a long way in the speed of content output) or b) have lots of "day work"/are otherwise too busy/occupied to create much. Then again... you only reap what you sow anyway.)<br /><br />- jimneyjimneynoreply@blogger.com