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Amazon Is Only Going To Pay Authors When Each Page Is Read

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-lucrative-ways-to-slice-up-the-pie dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Amazon has a new plan to keep self-published authors honest: they're only going to pay them when someone actually reads a page. Peter Wayner at the Atlantic explores how this is going to change the lives of the authors — and the readers. Fat, impressive coffee table books are out if no one reads them. Thin, concise authors will be bereft. Page turners are in.

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  1. Privacy again by Nkwe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Well your honor, not only did the defendant purchase "How to murder your spouse", he read the page on poison techniques 37 times and only read the rest of the book twice. Since the autopsy indicates death by poison as described by the page in question, I rest my case.