Amazon dominates the book industry—from eBooks and audiobooks to print sales and self-publishing. Big thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring today's video. Be sure to checkout https://www.squarespace.com/danielgreene But behind its convenience is a monopoly that’s hurting authors, publishers, and readers. From slashing royalties and manipulating algorithms to downgrading Kindles and removing ownership of digital books, Amazon’s grip on the industry is making reading worse for everyone.
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In this video, I break down how Amazon is harming the future of books—and what we can do about it.
Topics Covered:
Amazon’s Monopoly: How Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) controls the market.
Royalties Are Shrinking: How much authors actually earn on Amazon.
You Don’t Own Your eBooks: Amazon can take them away anytime.
The Audiobook Problem: Audible’s monopoly and low pay rates.
Print Books & Small Businesses: How Amazon is crushing competition.
Algorithm Manipulation: How Amazon decides what books get seen.
Worker Abuse: The hidden cost of cheap books.
📢 Sources & Further Reading:
Amazon’s Global eBook Market Share : https://www.ereadersforum.com/threads/amazons-global-dominance-e-books-e-readers-and-the-future-of-digital-publishing.3980/
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Royalties : https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200644210
Kobo & Other Publishing Alternatives : https://booklinker.com/blog/publishing-on-kobo/
Amazon Can Take Back Your Books : https://lithub.com/next-week-amazon-is-stripping-away-your-ability-to-download-your-ebooks/
Audible’s Monopoly on Audiobooks : https://booklinker.com/blog/audiobook-stats/
Amazon Manipulating Prices & Algorithms : https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/amazon-used-algorithm-essentially-raise-prices-rcna123410
Amazon’s Treatment of Workers : https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde23/7229/2023/en/
Libro.fm (Better Audiobooks!): https://libro.fm/
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