Comment on Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.
TheMinions@lemmy.world 1 day agoI mean authors don’t see money anytime someone rents an ebook do they? Libraries just need to pay for licenses to the publisher annually from what I’ve read on reddit/Lemmy.
I can understand renting ebooks so that your library continues to fund a digital library, but if the book is available in paper form that doesn’t really benefit the author either.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Authors receive 25% of the ebook sale to a library in the US.
janefriedman.com/what-do-authors-earn-from-digita…
Libraries in Canada and the UK pay royalties for each lend.
societyofauthors.org/…/public-lending-right-plr/
TunaLobster@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
TheMinions@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Good to know! Thanks! I’ll start using my e-lending again, ever if that just means I instantly return the book.