Audible’s new proposed royalty structure is a slap in the face to authors, readers who care about them, and exactly opposite of what they promised Brandon Sanderson barely a year ago.
It is an attempt to seize a monopoly by punishing authors until they agree to exclusivity, which would drive Audible’s competitors out of the market.
Then under the smallest amount of pressure from rising fascism, those exclusive books suddenly cease to exist.
Maybe deactivated in some countries; perhaps users will loose their accounts ( and all books), should they circumvent the national bans.