It’s been four months since the service Kindle Unlimited, playback will against subscription by Amazon, is launched in the United States. While in France the initiative of Jeff Bezos met with the reluctance of some publishers it across the Atlantic was primarily based on the self-published authors of the pool via Kindle Direct Publishing Select. Now some of the book market observers wonder whether this subscription plan for ebooks is not going to hurt all independent writers, cropping on their sales. Answer? Obviously …
With the launch of Kindle Unlimited, but also the entry into force in January of the new tax regulation of online commerce ( see our ActuaLitté ), the self-published authors in the Amazon have obviously worry about. Last week, several independent have already complained to have seen a sharp decline in book sales since the start of play against subscription service.
And that their own shares are on board or not board the controversial retailer offers online.
Moreover, two weeks ago already had a similar analysis Fuse. The revenues of the authors had melted enough symptomatically, constataient some of them. Amazon had his monthly report KDP Select, announcing that a prize pool of $ 2.5 million was added to compensate for the month of October, the read ratio / loan for ebooks all present in both Kindle and Kindle Unlimited Owner’s Lending Library.
Except that the authors have found that their income had plunged to a record $ 1.33 for the books. Earnings that fall, they point out, and that are expected to be offset by the increasing number of subscribers Kindle Unlimited, but the problem remains.
If the trend were to be confirmed, it would be worrisome to self-published authors in general, but the empirical evidence yet fail to allow to assert categorically. Add to this that in the fall of 2013, several independent writers had also reported a significant drop in sales over the period.
A 2013 trend then coincided with the start of the Amazon discount rates applied to high-authors market potential, as Michael Connelly or Patricia Cornwell … and that encouraged other retailers to align to maintain competitive prices on the market. However in this case too, the missing data to establish a definite diagnosis of the observed phenomenon.
remains to be seen whether the causes singled out will confirm that if another, cyclic, will once more appear by next year same season .
Sources The Bookseller, The Digital Reader
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