tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post143681526851095857..comments2023-11-18T13:07:27.303-08:00Comments on Indie Author: Congratulations: You Killed LendInk And Denied Your Fellow Authors Their Lend RoyaltiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-42090874792908889042012-08-06T13:10:00.401-07:002012-08-06T13:10:00.401-07:00CORRECTION in my answer to Sessha - All lends on L...CORRECTION in my answer to Sessha - All lends on LendInk and sites like them WHERE THE AUTHOR WAS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION (per Ammy / B&N terms) were being compensated.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-24249850751215624182012-08-05T15:39:01.923-07:002012-08-05T15:39:01.923-07:00Keep posting your irrelevant comments and objectio...Keep posting your irrelevant comments and objections to my deletion of them, Stuart. I'll keep deleting them.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-8926524715838298582012-08-05T14:32:20.635-07:002012-08-05T14:32:20.635-07:00You are WRONG.
Like I have already said, REPEATED...You are WRONG.<br /><br />Like I have already said, REPEATEDLY, anyone whose books are enrolled in the KDP Select program gets a commission on every lend, and that INCLUDED lends from LendInk because as I have ALSO REPEATEDLY SAID, all lends originating from that site were processed by Amazon and COUNTED toward each author's monthly lend total. <br /><br />IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-18668474499650039502012-08-05T14:01:02.500-07:002012-08-05T14:01:02.500-07:00Again, as I have already said, if a commission was...Again, as I have already said, if a commission was due the author was getting it. That statement was not untrue, perhaps just not specific enough.<br /><br />Those who were not due commissions, AGAIN, have no right to complain because no one forced them to make their books lendable. It's an OPT-IN proposition.<br /><br />And my statement was in response specifically to those who WERE due April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-20143839026884631492012-08-05T13:57:57.796-07:002012-08-05T13:57:57.796-07:00Stuart -
If my books, which are lendable and are p...Stuart -<br />If my books, which are lendable and are part of KDP Select, are up for lending on a site like LendInk, then the actions of some misinformed authors cause that site to be closed down, YES, I and every other author in KDP Select whose books were there has been deprived of lend commissions from lends that will now never occur.<br /><br />Many others have been deprived of royalties on April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-46954791096169681172012-08-05T13:49:54.231-07:002012-08-05T13:49:54.231-07:00Forgot to mention - those who opt in for KDP Selec...Forgot to mention - those who opt in for KDP Select get a share of Amazon's monthly Kindle Lending Library fee pool based on how many lends their books had in the month, so they're getting a commission on every lend.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-3758407245614212542012-08-05T13:48:51.134-07:002012-08-05T13:48:51.134-07:00Stuart -
What I meant to say is that where commiss...Stuart -<br />What I meant to say is that where commissions were due, they were being paid.<br /><br />Authors who opted in the for the 70% royalty option had to set their books as lendable as a condition of that option, so they were making more money off of the lendability of their books, too.<br /><br />Any way you slice it, whether you opted into KDP Select (which requires books be lendable) April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-54752471734860249912012-08-04T08:56:48.577-07:002012-08-04T08:56:48.577-07:00Catherine -
I hope you do. Right now, the clear, c...Catherine -<br />I hope you do. Right now, the clear, calm voice of reason is being totally drowned out by the panicked screams of the torch-and-pitchfork-wielding mob. ='(April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-21836559661822065202012-08-04T08:48:45.294-07:002012-08-04T08:48:45.294-07:00April, I agree with you and I'm more than a li...April, I agree with you and I'm more than a little miffed myself. Any site that displays my books with a 'buy' button that links to Amazon is a good site in my book. I've been going on about this for days. The panic was crazy and inspired by the general authorial panic about piracy. We need to start behaving like video game designers with regard to this kind of thing. I feel a Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-44929008961671969432012-08-04T08:32:21.319-07:002012-08-04T08:32:21.319-07:00Sheryl -
The option to lend or not is set by the p...Sheryl -<br />The option to lend or not is set by the publisher. If you have self-published Kindle books through the KDP, it's an option you can change on the dashboard for a given book. However, as of this writing, if your book is set for the 70% royalty option OR is enrolled in KDP Select, making it lendable is a requirement for participation in either of those programs.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-70329680253142265512012-08-04T08:30:34.030-07:002012-08-04T08:30:34.030-07:00Sessha -
All lends through LendInk and sites like ...Sessha -<br />All lends through LendInk and sites like it ARE compensated because Ammy & B&N process (and count!) the lends.<br /><br />As for "intent" of the ebook lending program...as far as Amazon is concerned, it's about selling more Kindles and more Kindle books. One of the big barriers to people adopting ereaders was the compaint that ebooks aren't lendable. April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-2313432310807317572012-08-04T08:15:18.061-07:002012-08-04T08:15:18.061-07:00As far as I know, there's no way to disable th...As far as I know, there's no way to disable the lending option on Amazon Kindle...I've tried, without success.<br /><br />Not that I really mind - lending is a good thing; it didn't kill print book sales, and there's no reason why it should kill ebook sales either.Sherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182025762039442754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-35166652969668847532012-08-04T08:13:22.423-07:002012-08-04T08:13:22.423-07:00Borrows through kindle direct are compensated, but...Borrows through kindle direct are compensated, but if an individual lends their copy the author does not get any payment. While I agree that lend-ink's plan wasn't piracy, per se, it definitely goes against the 'word of mouth, lend to a friend' intent of the single lend of a purchased copy. With piracy download sites abounding of course authors are intent on maintaining their Sessha Battohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-60054235988383277022012-08-03T19:34:01.590-07:002012-08-03T19:34:01.590-07:00Also -
No one needs to have a 'good working re...Also -<br />No one needs to have a 'good working relationship' with Amazon to use their Cloud service for website hosting. You simply pay a fee and Amazon provides server space and bandwidth.April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-39365251555475203002012-08-03T19:32:51.449-07:002012-08-03T19:32:51.449-07:00Professor:
"Even if individuals are allowed...Professor:<br /><br /><br />"Even if individuals are allowed to lend regular KDP ebooks for a period of 14 days, as Amazon says is allowable, they don't say that can be to several different people just once for the 14 day period--though it would be once to each person, that could mean a thousands of d/loads to thousands of "individuals". In fact, as they wrote in the email I April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-32828202499864136512012-08-03T19:28:57.779-07:002012-08-03T19:28:57.779-07:00I believe you have accurate info about the kdp pro...I believe you have accurate info about the kdp program, but possibly not about the KDP Select Program, as that is associated with the Lending Library Amazon has, whereas other Kindle ebooks aren't. Kindle Prime Members, even, are only allowed to be lent one ebook per month from the Lending Library---not an unlimited amount, by any stretch of the imagination. <br /> <br />Amazon Prime MembersProfessor Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309972365361498527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-74734621760026542332012-08-03T18:51:08.865-07:002012-08-03T18:51:08.865-07:00Professor -
A bunch of authors sent emails to Amaz...Professor -<br />A bunch of authors sent emails to Amazon stating LendInk was lending copies of those authors' books without those authors' permission, none of which was true at all. <br /><br />Amazon predictably replied by stating they haven't given permission for LendInk to lend their Kindle books, et cetera, et cetera. But since LendInk has never lent a Kindle book, neither the April L. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450879359445096462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782713127824478176.post-8946577117658554502012-08-03T18:42:11.319-07:002012-08-03T18:42:11.319-07:00As I mentioned I would do, I am providing a copy o...As I mentioned I would do, I am providing a copy of the email Amazon sent me on this matter:<br /><br />Hello Douglas,<br /><br />We have not authorized lendink.com to loan your book and have not provided your file to them. <br /><br />If you've found your work available on an unauthorized website such as lendink.com, we suggest contacting that website to confirm your rights and request Professor Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309972365361498527noreply@blogger.com