Re: The 2018 Reading Challenge
Posted: Apr 21st, '18, 13:12
It is really thought-provoking ^^
One thing I would say about free content is that it usually isn't free in the sense of not giving anything back to them. Take Kindle Unlimited. If you read a Kindle book for free through that platform, the author still gets paid for each page you read. I actually tend to get more money that way from my ebooks than from people buying them.
If you read something that is free-free, rather than enrolled in a program like that, you still give them views and reads which do usually translate into money. For example, each read will shoot a book higher in Amazon's algorithm and therefore give the author more promotion to others. The more visits a website gets, the more profit can be made on adverts and paid placements.
If you were to find a book on a "free to a good home" book shelf, that would be another matter. Now the author doesn't benefit at all. So in that case it wouldn't be morally wrong for you to consume it if you disagreed with the author.
One thing I would say about free content is that it usually isn't free in the sense of not giving anything back to them. Take Kindle Unlimited. If you read a Kindle book for free through that platform, the author still gets paid for each page you read. I actually tend to get more money that way from my ebooks than from people buying them.
If you read something that is free-free, rather than enrolled in a program like that, you still give them views and reads which do usually translate into money. For example, each read will shoot a book higher in Amazon's algorithm and therefore give the author more promotion to others. The more visits a website gets, the more profit can be made on adverts and paid placements.
If you were to find a book on a "free to a good home" book shelf, that would be another matter. Now the author doesn't benefit at all. So in that case it wouldn't be morally wrong for you to consume it if you disagreed with the author.
