Amazon is to pay certain authors for every page downloaded – and not the books.
Starting next month, the company will pay authors based on the number of pages people choose to read from their books, and not the numbers of copies sold.
The new system is for authors enrolled in the Kindle Direct Publishing Select Programme and it adjusts how authors receive their royalties from books listed on the Amazon lending library or Kindle Unlimited.
Total pages turns per month will determine how much each author receives from the monthly pool of cash.
Amazon says the change is in response to author complaints – those who wrote longer books felt short-changed by the old system.
Starting next month, the company will pay authors based on the number of pages people choose to read from their books, and not the numbers of copies sold.
The new system is for authors enrolled in the Kindle Direct Publishing Select Programme and it adjusts how authors receive their royalties from books listed on the Amazon lending library or Kindle Unlimited.
Total pages turns per month will determine how much each author receives from the monthly pool of cash.
Amazon says the change is in response to author complaints – those who wrote longer books felt short-changed by the old system.
