The trouble with libraries is that they buy ten copies of an eBook (as if it were a print book) and then they loan it out to thousands of people. Those people then have to "wait in line" to get one of those few copies and in this transaction, the author earns about $10. In my opinion, the library should work more like Spotify: where ther…
The trouble with libraries is that they buy ten copies of an eBook (as if it were a print book) and then they loan it out to thousands of people. Those people then have to "wait in line" to get one of those few copies and in this transaction, the author earns about $10. In my opinion, the library should work more like Spotify: where there are an unlimited amount of copies readers can use, and the author gets paid a small royalty fee every time someone streams it (in this case, reads a page). This is kind of how Kindle Unlimited works, but it would be even better if implemented by the library!
The trouble with libraries is that they buy ten copies of an eBook (as if it were a print book) and then they loan it out to thousands of people. Those people then have to "wait in line" to get one of those few copies and in this transaction, the author earns about $10. In my opinion, the library should work more like Spotify: where there are an unlimited amount of copies readers can use, and the author gets paid a small royalty fee every time someone streams it (in this case, reads a page). This is kind of how Kindle Unlimited works, but it would be even better if implemented by the library!