Amazon changes Kindle return policy after viral TikTok trend Unsplash.com: Kwame Anim \/ TikTokAmazon is making changes to Kindle\u2019s return policy after a viral TikTok trend taught readers how to, essentially, get books for free on the company\u2019s e-readers. Kindles are one of the most popular methods for reading books in the modern age. Rather than buying dozens of physical volumes that take up space in one\u2019s home, readers can now simply download any book onto a single device that they can take with them anywhere. That\u2019s not the only convenient thing about the Kindle, though; recently, readers discovered a \u2018hack\u2019 that would allow them to experience a book in its entirety for free. The \u2018hack\u2019 became a trend on TikTok, a haven for viral content of all kinds and a popular home for tips and tricks such as this one. Viral TikTok hack comes under fire for showing how to get \u2018free\u2019 ebooks on Kindle This is the gist of it: Previously, readers could return a Kindle ebook within seven days if it didn\u2019t meet their expectations and receive a full refund. This meant that, if they read the book quickly enough, they would basically get the entire experience for free. While it might have seemed like a harmless way to blaze through your favorite series, this wasn\u2019t the case. In fact, authors are charged more for a chargeback than the amount they get paid for a sale, so this \u2018hack\u2019 (and any returns) actually cost them money. Authors across the internet spoke out against the TikTok trend, and the hashtag #dontreturnbooks permeated \u2018BookTok\u2019 as both readers and writers sought change from Amazon and consumers at large. Now, Amazon is taking measures against this \u2018hack\u2019 after it became so prevalent that it caused problems for the platform and its authors. At the time of writing, readers can only return an ebook if they\u2019ve read 10% of it at maximum. This change follows a Change.Org petition urging the platform to make changes to its ebook return system that racked up over 78,000 signatures. This is just the latest TikTok trend to garner criticism after the \u2018Kia challenge\u2019 sparked a rash of thefts after showing that the cars could be started with just a USB cable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Amazon changes Kindle return policy after viral TikTok trend Unsplash.com: Kwame Anim \/ TikTokAmazon is making changes to Kindle\u2019s return policy after a viral TikTok trend taught readers how to, essentially, get books for free on the company\u2019s e-readers. Kindles are one of the most popular methods for reading books in the modern age. Rather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}