On Thursday, France's Minister of Culture, Fleur Pellerin, announced that Kindle Unlimited (KU) and
other unlimited ebook subscription services are illegal in France because they violate the country's fixed book price law.
Not exact matches
It didn't take long after the launch of Amazon's Kindle
Unlimited ebook subscription service for the outcry to begin, but unlike
other criticisms the retail book giant has weathered, this one came from its most staunch supporters: self - published authors.
Using a second wishlist only for Prime
ebooks, I have currently only 57
ebooks on that list, compared to over 1200 on my
other wishlist (with some
other items and some
ebooks already bought), so I can safely say, a lot of books I REALLY want to read are not available with Amazon Prime nor
Unlimited, and for that reason alone I think paying extra for
Unlimited will not be worth it.
The report by Engel found that, in the case of Kindle
Unlimited and
other ebook subscription services, the book prices are set not by the publishers, but by the subscription service — therefore violating the Lang Law.
«While the publishing world's US subscription players (Oyster, Scribd, and Kindle
Unlimited) remain everyone's favorite punching bags — and as Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Tidal splinters the user experience in the music world —
ebook subscription services across Europe such as Mofibo (Scandinavia), Nubico (Spain), Skoobe (Germany) have to navigate unnecessarily complicated waters, constantly justifying their own positions and dodging the looming tar brush that «subscriptions are bad news» — all because of the actions of
others.»
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This has been made possible via an app that was launched on Wednesday and will offer
unlimited ebook downloads for the same $ 9 a month as it offers for
other Android and iOS devices.
Other optimisations of Sony's are largely about hooking you into Sony services: Sony Video
Unlimited is a movie store that lets you rent and buy digital movies; Music
Unlimited is a Spotify - like streaming service; and Reader by Sony is an
ebook reader that also handily nudges you towards buying books from the Sony Reader store.
Earlier this week Amazon added a new perk for Prime members that grants
unlimited access to a rotating selection of Kindle
ebooks and
other Kindle content for free.
At
other retailers, indie authors enjoy
unlimited free pricing, greater pricing control,
ebook preorders, broader global distribution and all without the handcuffs of exclusivity.
I think what authors might hope for is that if someone reads one of their books on Kindle
Unlimited they'll spring for
other books not available through the program, or want to purchase an
ebook copy to keep permanently.
Prime membership gives
unlimited access to Kindle
ebooks and
other digital content.
I wonder to what degree the lag for kids
ebooks is due to the kindle
unlimited plan — or
other platforms such as Razkids.
I knew I was going to launch the rest of my books in KDP Select so I could take advantage of the way Kindle
Unlimited borrows count as sales (for more details, see my earlier post on Kindle
Unlimited: Why
Ebooks Not Enrolled Are at a Disadvantage), so the only reason I was putting Book 1 in the
other stores was so it would be made free on Amazon.
The
other challenge Amazon faced in 2016 was eliminating scammy activity by authors enrolled in Kindle
Unlimited, its
ebook subscription service.
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other cool stuff Book News European Publishers «Shocked» at EU E-Book Lending Ruling (Publishers Weekly) The ruling appears to allow
unlimited lending of
ebooks by libraries.
You can take your
ebooks out of Kindle
Unlimited and see if
other distributors have upped their game.
A few months later in March 2016, Scribd modified the limits again by introducing Selects, which made some books
unlimited and
others subject to the 3
ebook / 1 audiobook limit.
Given an
unlimited number of books to read and full access to any title I wanted, if I had to choose one or the
other, I'd prefer to read a traditional print book over an
ebook any day.
The subscription gives members
unlimited access to music, videos,
ebooks, and dozens of
other benefits, with a free two - day shipping being one of the most attractive ones.
My company creates
ebooks, and I have never even noticed any indication, at Amazon, as to whether a book has DRM or not, nor, until today, did I know how to tell if it did,
other than «Simultaneous Device usage:
unlimited» was displayed.
If you are selling well on
other ebook retailers such as iBooks, Nook or Kobo, then you would be very reluctant to take your books away from a proven source of income to be in Kindle
Unlimited.