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Audible once again screwing over smaller authors when it comes to royalties. I strongly encourage everyone to use Libby and, if you can afford it, other audiobook platforms like Libro.fm! Don’t let Amazon get the monopoly it so desperately wants
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Anonymous 7w

Libby and Hoopla contribute to the monopoly, just charging your library instead of you. The majority of books on Libby are from the Kindle library, and the libraries are charged out the nose for it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

wait wdym most of the books are from the kindle library?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Libby sources most of their book files from the Kindle library of ebook files. That’s why most of them work only if you send them to Kindle. There are a few that aren’t, but most are. That means that your library is paying Libby, usually $5-10 for 1 copy to be borrowed 5-10 times before it has to be “bought” again, then Libby is paying some of that money to Amazon for the files, aka licensing digital copies to be loaned out. Libby is just a middleman charging the libraries for lending copies…

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

…Amazon is the supplier

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