Friday, January 16, 2015

Kindle Unlimited: Well-known indie authors retire – H

To US launch in July 2014 had to forego early users of Amazon’s digital library on many current best sellers. Otherwise it looked when you start in Germany almost three months later. Both publishers and authors feared at the time of its revenues – a realistic assessment of how now turned out

So was the content of the circulating library for Germany launch at the Frankfurt Book Fair last year, mainly from books by indie authors. , Because Amazon could get in the US only a few well-known publishers for the new service into the boat, ed mainly self publisher, the author list. This had hoped to Kindle Unlimited primarily a higher level of awareness and, consequently, higher book sales. This broke instead, but in some cases dramatically, since the lost revenue could not be offset by the low in comparison Leihvergütungen through book sales. By this element into account the meantime, more and more authors the ripcord and take their publications from the shelves of Leihdienstes. This could end up having consequences for Amazon, with disappearance of the offer should also acceptance of the User drop

Approximately four months after the launch in the US recorded as the famous indie author HM Ward -. With over five million books sold in the last four years one of the most well-known independent authors from Amazon – already a significant decline in revenue. Wards sales revenue fell by 75 per cent last. This loss could not be picked up by the remuneration of the Leihdienstes. The author then took her books from the rental and the proceeds recovered slowly. In a forum post Ward made this fact publicized and received mostly consent of other authors who had to face the same consequences and lately taken similar conclusions.

But what about in Germany after three months Kindle Unlimited from? In this country, also occurs in more and more readers and authors after the initial hope great disillusionment. Firstly, Amazon could not increase during this period the number of participating publishers as well, but many authors change their commitment increasingly: Some let their novels cut the unit Leihsortiment, others only draw back new releases. On the Internet, readers were disappointed by the scarce availability of printed titles. German readers remain far been spared from the great exodus of the authors in the United States. Of this country’s 40 best-selling e-books are only seven non-circulating, of which the majority of titles published. However, in a similar remuneration is to be feared soon also in German-speaking countries, a similar trend.

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