Halloween is there, but the monsters may not knock at the door this year. We learn in fact that the Kindle Unlimited compensation model for authors and publishers, will be amended with effect from 1 November …. And after that’s already changed a few months the payment method for everyone. With Amazon, you have to adapt to changes quickly.
Worrying will prevent no dirty tricks happening. This simply prevents enjoy the good things.
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In an email signed Amazon, and cites the Digital Reader, we discover the extent of the modifications carried out. Above all, the new rules resulting from the implementation of the firm on a greater number of territories.
“ As we expanded KU to other countries, a number of program elements – such as the exchange rate, customer behavior and reading the local pricing of Subscription – now vary considerably depending on the market , “says the firm. He cited the example of India, latest, where the monthly Kindle Unlimited Offering is subscribed for 399 rupees, or about € 2.7. Therefore, the remuneration for the month of November will be indexed to the changes, “ and payments by country will differ according to local factors .”
Amazon thus certifies that authors and publishers will now know how much they pocketed according to the territories covered by KU. “ Our long-term goal, as always, is to build a service that rewards authors for their valuable work, attracts readers from around the world and encourages them to read more and more often. ”
But what is involved in this story is that the recent modification in the remuneration of authors and publishers, had been presented as the restoration of a balance so. Indeed, the book was previously paid in full by Amazon to author / publisher, read whatever the amount, once the player exceeded 20% of the book. Starting in July, the authors / publishers were now paid on a page read, always beyond 20%.
a balance is restored, since the book was 50 pages, in the previous model, more profitable than that of 500 – due to this 20% rule. Certainly, but the change still had to return for a little more impoverishing everyone – under the guise of correcting an injustice. It would suffice to remove the 20% and pay the books in full for all, and we could then discuss.
Puisqu’Amazon involves the currency, the exchange rate and the amount of its monthly subscription, all indications are that this trend will have no real positive impact. Let us consider that the remuneration to the page was € 0.00507 in the last month recorded. Then that subscriptions are sold at prices rather motley of:
- € 9.99 (Italy, France, Germany, Spain)
- $ 9.99 (USA)
- $ 9.99 (Canada)
- £ 7.99 (UK)
- 129 pesos in Mexico
- 19.90 reals in Brazil
The emergence of India with 399 rupees will inevitably have a serious impact on the whole. Let’s bring everything to the euro, to better measure: thus represents Kindle Unlimited
- € 4.68 in Brazil
- 6 € 92 in Canada
- € 9.05 in the US
- € 7.09 in Mexico
- € 2.7 in India
- € 11.19 UK
In addition to Europe, as often is the butt of the American high-tech farce, why not consider a reduction in the price per page? If we are to take more account of the economic changes in the exchange rate – for example, the pound experienced a wave of depreciation for over two weeks now – difficult for authors / editors to see clearly …
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The Amazon Kindle is the one of the most popular e-readers and Amazon expands the range with a brand new white version. The technical characteristics do not change compared to the original release: 6 inch touch screen without reflection with a density of 167 ppi, Wi-Fi, an autonomy of several weeks (Wi-Fi disabled), and storage 4 GB which can contain thousands of ebooks. 
