Amazon launches Kindle Unlimited subscription service!

[darryl]

Originally Posted by cybmole

I can buy paper books from any of the amazon sites. I used to buy lots of import books from amazon.com ( in pre-kindle times). I've also bought blu ray from amazon.fr to get the Caprica box set that's not at amazon.uk

But I feel discriminated against again now.

They are happy to sell me tablets & e-ink devices ( for same price or higher than my USA counterpart), but they lock me out of this new service, for which I'd be willing to pay. I'm pretty sure that I also am NOT allowed to buy a plain kindle book from .com, even when .uk do not stock it.

I really don't get the business logic. It's not like it's a limited membership pilot service, you don't pilot with the whole of USA allowed in !

It's just more geographical restrictions garbage. It's about which countries Amazon is licensed to sell the books in. It has started with the US and one would presume negotiation are taking place for other countries.

As far as the actual workings, it appears that you can have up to ten books at one time on this program which will appear in your Amazon Library. You download them just like other purchased books, following a link if the book is available on the program. Presumably you return the book when you are finished reading clearing space amongst your ten.

[Smartie]

I Heard big publishers didn't participate ,is this correct?

[Hampshire Nanny]

Originally Posted by Smartie

I Heard big publishers didn't participate ,is this correct?

Apparently not yet. But the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy was listed as available.

[JellyFish]

Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny

Apparently not yet. But the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy was listed as available.

I have those books on Kindle, but I never noticed the publisher. Who is it? Must be a big publisher right? Tolkien's books are still very popular.

[Smartie]

Why not just got a library card,2 dollar?

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by JellyFish

I have those books on Kindle, but I never noticed the publisher. Who is it? Must be a big publisher right? Tolkien's books are still very popular.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

[elemenoP]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a large and very old publisher, but not considered one of the "big five." They also print and distribute the books that Amazon publishes. There are a few other "big but not big five" publishers in the KU program, such as Algonquin Books, Norton, and Scholastic (publisher of the Harry Potter series).

[JellyFish]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Thanks, booklover.

[JellyFish]

Originally Posted by elemenoP

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a large and very old publisher, but not considered one of the "big five." They also print and distribute the books that Amazon publishes. There are a few other "big but not big five" publishers in the KU program, such as Algonquin Books, Norton, and Scholastic (publisher of the Harry Potter series).

Thanks, the Harry Potter books will probably be quite popular in Kindle Unlimited. I've already read them, but that was years ago. So a reread might be something worth doing once I get through some of the other books I'm reading.

[shortie555]

You can read Kindle eBooks and Kindle Unlimited on any smartphone, tablet or PC/Mac with Amazon's free software: [Shortened URL deleted - MODERATOR]

[jbcohen]

$10 a month, that's the cost of one book per month these days and it eliminates the risk of buying a bad book, if you get it on the program and you don't like it there is no loss to you the reader.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by shortie555

You can read Kindle eBooks and Kindle Unlimited on any smartphone, tablet or PC/Mac with Amazon's free software: [Shortened URL deleted - MODERATOR]

Go here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000493771


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