Amazon plans to restrict automated e book returns to circumstances the place individuals have learn not more than 10 p.c of the e-book, based on the Authors Guild. The change, which follows complaints that Kindle consumers had been returning titles they’d totally learn to get a refund, is predicted to happen by the top of the yr.
The Authors Guild says it reached the deal after negotiating with Amazon executives. Particular person authors raised considerations about an uptick in returns earlier this yr, noting that Amazon would invoice them for any royalties they earned from the books. Some pinned the follow’s rise on the e-book neighborhood of video platform TikTok, and in a press launch, the guild blamed “BookTok influencers” for encouraging individuals to get “free” books by…
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