Shawn Blanc figured that seven percent of money collected “for writers” actually made it to writers.
Seven. Percent.
I signed up for the service (hey, income is income!), but never saw a dime. Shawn closes his article with this, and I couldn’t agree more:
As a writer whose sole publishing platform is the Web, I now find myself uncomfortable and saddened by Arc 90′s attitude of entitlement over my original content (not the least of which is the new Readlists service and its emphasis on exporting, repurposing, and distributing of someone else’s original content into an eBook).
Good riddance, Readability. We’re better off without you.