In London and New York, Author's Trade Groups Hail Amazon's Change on Self-Service Ebook Returns - Publishing Perspectives

 Panzer stopped in at the Publishing Perspectives site today. There our inquisitive kitty boy found a post about changes to Amazon's ebook returns policy.

 

Why would you do this?

According to Poster Anderson's post, Amazon has made a significant change to the ebook self-service return policy. The current policy allows a reader to return an ebook for a refund even after reading it as long as the return is within 14 days of when it was purchased. Both the Society of Authors (UK) and the Authors Guild (US) have complained to Amazon about the policy and its impact on author royalties. The new return policy will not allow self-service returns if more than 10 percent of the ebook has been read. Amazon plans to have the new policy in place by year's end. The post contains more information about penalties for improper returns and quotes from the organizations executives and Amazon.

 

Panzer says, "Humans will steal anything, including author royalties."

 

Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazon's Ebook Returns