“Authors are Upset at Amazon. Again.”— New York Times

[In a surprisingly candid and forceful piece the NYT 12/27/14 covers the widespread  Kindle author rage at Amazon’s latest bells and whistles–“enhancements” which cost ‘em big bucks. Some best-selling authors have seen income drop by as much as 75%—]

Brief excerpt below; read the rest at Amazon Offers All-You-Can-Eat Books. Authors Turn Up Their Noses

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Authors are upset with Amazon. Again.

For much of the last year, mainstream novelists were furious that Amazon was discouraging the sale of some titles in its confrontation with the publisher Hachette over e-books.

Now self-published writers, who owe much of their audience to the retailer’s publishing platform, are unhappy.

One problem is too much competition. But a new complaint is about Kindle Unlimited, a new Amazon subscription service that offers access to 700,000 books — both self-published and traditionally published — for $9.99 a month.

It may bring in readers, but the writers say they earn less. And in interviews and online forums, they have voiced their complaints.

“Six months ago people were quitting their day job, convinced they could make a career out of writing,” said Bob Mayer, an e-book consultant and publisher who has written 50 books. “Now people are having to go back to that job or are scraping to get by.  That’s how quickly things have changed.” …. 

To read the rest, see link above.

Amazing the drastic fall-off some authors have seen since the introduction (per force) of Kindle Unlimited.  Interesting, pertinent article for anyone who publishes e-books.