Two months after the launch of “Kindle Unlimited” Fleur Pellerin recalls its opposition to unlimited books subscriptions. In an interview published by Le Figaro, the Minister of Culture believes that unlimited offers are not in accordance with French law, “the essential principle is that the publisher must fix itself the price of its offer from this point. of view, unlimited fixed fee which would involve several editors do not respect the law. “
Flower Pellerin stresses that Amazon (Kindle that sells Unlimited)” will have to comply with the law. “
Author Compensation
The Minister of Culture is based on an opinion issued by the mediator of the book Laurence Engel. It was seized in December to evaluate the service marketed by Amazon. “The editor must remain the cornerstone in the economic chain of the book, or this is not the case with these deals,” says Laurence Engel in Les Echos. The mediator of the book believes that “the current law does not prevent the development of digital book. Instead, it guarantees the viability of an entire sector and remuneration of authors.”
Amazon launched its service Kindle Unlimited at the beginning of December 2014 to 9.99 euros per month. This subscription provides unlimited access to 700,000 books, including 20,000 titles in French.
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