Rowling among them.Ī lot of small press authors, including occasional best sellers, also show up. Not to be nitpicky, but KINDLE UNLIMITED includes tradpubbed authors other than APub's authors. You aren't getting Patterson, King or any big name authors. I mean.Amazon populates it's program from Amazon authors. When you really have to compete on a level playing field with everyone's back list, with all of the off copyright books, with all of the indie authors selling their books for $1-$3.only the very largest authors will survive at today's price points. As long as people prefer paper books, distribution will rule the day and help keep a price level on books. It's a saving grace for publishers that, apparently, only a certain 20% or so of the market reads eBooks. The sale of the book is the point of making the money. There is nothing like a concert for authors. And the business has changed to the concerts being where artists/bands make their money. Streaming is a way to capture SOME of that money. But with music, there has been rampant piracy that truly affected the bottom line. Music publishers have not been thrilled with streaming. I've wondered about the economics, though. Particularly as my own reading has increased to a book a week or more from something closer to a book a month. I see the value an "all you can read for $10/month" would be for some people.