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Alphane Moon to TechnologyEnglish · 9 months ago

Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

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Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

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Alphane Moon to TechnologyEnglish · 9 months ago
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    Authors receive 25% of the ebook sale to a library in the US. Frequent lends will also influence future purchases made by the library.

    https://janefriedman.com/what-do-authors-earn-from-digital-lending-at-libraries/

    Libraries in Canada and the UK pay royalties for each lend.

    https://societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lending-right-plr/

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      It’s not a great deal for the libraries. They ebooks can come with a limited number of checkouts and cost far more.

      I switched to Kobo and have been very happy so far. I was able to download my books from Amazon and mumble and then I was able to read them on my Kobo device and store them in my Calibre library.

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      Good to know! Thanks! I’ll start using my e-lending app again, ever if that just means I instantly return the book.

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