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Jon Patience's avatar

My hypothesis is that they are not expecting anyone to actually buy it, but rather for Kindle Unlimited subscribers to download it for free. Even if they only read a few pages before they realise it's drivel, Amazon will still pay the publisher a few pence for the pages read. Repeat the exercise with enough zero-quality and zero-effort books and there's serious money to be made.

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Rod Banner's avatar

Fascinating. I have read quite a few 'authorised' biographies that don't seemed fully 'aligned' with their subjects before. I put this down to the authors' desire to flatter and airbrush any unpalatable elements. But after this, I'm reconsidering.... ;oD

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