I am confused. I spent a decent amount of time reading the thread and the linked article, and I see no proof, only an accusation that Amazon/Audible are manipulating their calculation of “Net Sales” in “shady ways”. Is the accusation that people are getting paid a percentage of an audible credit instead of a percentage of the retail price when a credit is used? Or that they don’t get paid when someone returns a purchase? Because those both seem very obviously how it should work and not at all a -gate situation. If someone has a better understanding of the root problem, I’d be very happy for a short explanation.
I feel the same. It‘s really strange that the „forensic accountant“ suggests to calculate the royalty from the retail price, is that common practice anywhere? At least in my country, everything business related is calculated from the net prices.
However, what may not be clear for creators is that they will mostly sell their books cheaper than retail because of the subscriptions.
