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Amazon does it for their K&P / Kindle Unlimited offering to authors. If you want your book to be available in this program (and you do want it because it accoun
by breakingcups 4y ago
Amazon does it for their K&P / Kindle Unlimited offering to authors. If you want your book to be available in this program (and you do want it because it accounts for a huge chunk of your income on Amazon, depending on genre) you need to agree to not have your book be available anywhere else. Not on Apple, not in Barnes and Noble, nowhere.
- ChadNauseam 4y agoI think the exclusivity only applies to the eBook versions. I know Will Wight is able to sell hardcover copies of his books on Kickstarter, but mentioned he couldn't give eBook versions because of his Kindle Unlimited deal.
- Nomentatus 4y agoThis is strictly illegal, but as in so many other cases in which Amazon has used its market power to that extend market power (that's the illegal part); they've never been prosecuted. Merely preventing authors from offering their ebooks at a low price (but still far higher than the cost of delivery) is strictly illegal (given that the kindle has immense ebook market power.) But Amazon does it. Welcome to Bezos-World.