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Sorry for the confusion but I’m not sure if they’re talking about people with Kindle Unlimited or if they’re talking about people who purchase a book, read it really fast, and then return it to get their money back. Because, as someone who wants to publish one day, that’s SUPER shitty and disappointing and sad. :(

This is another long post where I've screen-grabbed my numbers so people can see how Amazon/Audible compares to other distribution platforms and why authors still feel like we have to use Amazon and why telling us to "just use other platforms" doesn't work. (link)

I've also posted about Kindle Unlimited, but I can't find it in my tags. Basically, KU can be really great for some authors who cannot afford the business steps required to make their work more likely to get accepted by libraries. (Most libraries won't accept you without a publisher listed, and Amazon doesn't count. For self-pub authors, that means setting up your own LLC and becoming a publisher, which costs $$$.) For romance readers, in particular, who can sometimes read two to three books a day, KU can be a really good way of trying out new authors and also supporting the ones they like.

And no, returning books on Kindle Unlimited doesn't cost us money. If you don't read any of it, we don't earn anything, but that's fine because, unlike general kindle sales, KU downloads aren't counted as a "sale" until after you've read it.

The problem is with general kindle books that are not part of this paid lending service being returned for full refunds after the book has been read. It's not even a case of people not liking a thing; it's people doing it to books they enjoy because they are being told by booktokkers that it's fine and dandy to buy a book and take advantage of Amazon's generous refund policy because "fuck Amazon" despite the fact that authors have been screaming for months that Amazon takes those refunds out of our royalties.

Together In The End A short BTS comic.

The death of Buddha

The birth of Socrates

Pythagoras writes the Phythagorean theorem for triangles

The founding of the Roman republic

Drained water from places suffering from drought for absolute pennies.

Made African mothers dependent on their milk formula, which they gave for free, until their milk dried up. Then they required them to purchase it, mothers could not afford it, mixed in too little to fulfill nutrient needs, and mixed it with polluted water. Children died.

Used slavery to produce their cocoa.

Pushed for water to be considered a “want” not a “need” and is at the forefront of arguments that water is not a human right.

Poisoned Chinese infants with melamine in their milk formula.

Demanded Ethiopia pay a debt owed to Nestle, during a FAMINE.

Price-fixed food items.

Contributed to deforestation for their cocoa farming.

The worst thing is, Nestle owns TONS of other brands, making it difficult to avoid for certain products.

it's called progression- no wait, protection- no wait, InSaNiTy