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Der Spiegel reports (original article in German):
Ab Juli wird dieser Pool nun nach konkreten Nutzungsstatistiken unter den Autoren aufgeteilt. Die kommen zustande, indem jeder einzelne Kindle-E-Book-Reader das Leseverhalten seines Lesers protokolliert und an Amazon zurückmeldet.
[translation mine] Starting in July, the pool of Amazon subscriber money will be shared among authors according to concrete usage statistics. The statistics will come from individual Kindle E-Books that will record reader behavior and communicate it back to Amazon.
Is this a model for content production in the future?
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E-Book Compensation System: Amazon Wants to Pay Authors Only for Pages That Have Been Read
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(Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:19PM
Yeah, i agree. They'll probably tweak their formula down the road. They did say that page count ignores the writer's font, spacing, and foreword stuff. The formula also takes into account how long you spend on a page. It ignores any second reading. Planning on sitting down with Anatham again soon and that book is not exactly a quick read. They should pay the dude again, lol. Though i guess if you really love a book you'll likely end up with the hardcover version.
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