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		fideloper on July 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kindle Unlimited How do authors get paid with this? I don't imagine a pay per play scheme work like it does with the music industry

bennesvig on July 18, 2014 [–]

I assume the same way they do with KDP Select where prime members can borrow a free book once a month. Amazon will set aside a pool of money and divide it among the books that were read each month as part of the program.

waterlesscloud on July 18, 2014 | [–]

Yes. As a Kindle author, I got an email this morning stating that's how it will work.

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