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Topic	Amazon cracks down on people who are excessively returning e-books
ZannoL 09/25/22 3:19:34 PM #1:	TikTok popularized the trend of buying books, quickly reading them, and returning them. Amazon has cracked down on that. Do you agree with Amazon? Yes No TikTok popularized the trend of buying books, quickly reading them, and returning them. Amazon has cracked down on that. Do you agree with Amazon? - Results (99 votes) Yes 81.82% (81 votes) 81 No 18.18% (18 votes) 18 https://lithub.com/good-news-for-authors-amazon-will-no-longer-let-people-return-ebooks-after-reading-them-in-full/ In a surprising turn of events, Amazon has done the right thing for once! In this case, the right thing is closing a loophole revealed by a TikTok about reading hacks. The hack: reading an entire ebook and then returning it, per a policy that allows readers to return ebooks within seven days of purchase, regardless of the amount read. The (extremely) obvious problem with the hack is that it penalizes the authors of those books and not Amazon, who will not be penalized by anything short of government regulation (lol). In light of this, the Authors Guild got involved, and reported today that Amazon had agreed to restrict automatic returns to ebooks where no more than 10 percent of the book has been read. (In order to return an ebook after reading more than 10 percent, customers will have to send in a customer service requestlikely a higher barrier to entry for this low-grade scam than most people will willingly vault.) Id like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the Libby appwhich allows you to check out ebooks from your local library and read them on your phone, tablet, or ereaderis good for authors, your bank account, and not supporting Jeff Bezos. For more reading hacks like these, follow me on TikTok! (Just kidding, Id sooner die.) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/0/AAaB-xAADtmk.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/1/AAaB-xAADtml.jpg <cite>ZannoL posted [p:968286077] in Amazon cra... [t:80177907]...</cite> <quote> TikTok popularized the trend of buying books, quickly reading them, and returning them. Amazon has cracked down on that. Do you agree with Amazon? Yes No Vote View Results TikTok popularized the trend of buying books, quickly reading them, and returning them. Amazon has cracked down on that. Do you agree with Amazon? - Results (99 votes) Yes 81.82% (81 votes) 81 No 18.18% (18 votes) 18 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80177907', message: '0', key: 'a9754482' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } https://lithub.com/good-news-for-authors-amazon-will-no-longer-let-people-return-ebooks-after-reading-them-in-full/ <quote>In a surprising turn of events, Amazon has done the right thing for once! In this case, the right thing is closing a loophole revealed by a TikTok about reading hacks. The hack: reading an entire ebook and then returning it, per a policy that allows readers to return ebooks within seven days of purchase, regardless of the amount read. The (extremely) obvious problem with the hack is that it penalizes the authors of those books and not Amazon, who will not be penalized by anything short of government regulation (lol). In light of this, the Authors Guild got involved, and reported today that Amazon had agreed to restrict automatic returns to ebooks where no more than 10 percent of the book has been read. (In order to return an ebook after reading more than 10 percent, customers will have to send in a customer service requestlikely a higher barrier to entry for this low-grade scam than most people will willingly vault.) Id like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the Libby appwhich allows you to check out ebooks from your local library and read them on your phone, tablet, or ereaderis good for authors, your bank account, and not supporting Jeff Bezos. For more reading hacks like these, follow me on TikTok! (Just kidding, Id sooner die.)</quote> https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/0/AAaB-xAADtmk.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/1/AAaB-xAADtml.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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