Thread: Amazon is testing “Kindle Unlimited,” an ebook subscription service for $9.99/month
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Old 07-27-2014, 12:12 PM   #391
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I've noticed that, even if one does not join Kindle Unlimited, one does get a big discount on a regular purchase of an eBook offered on KU.

For example, I just purchased "Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox." Its digital list price was $ 14.99 but its new discounted price is $ 2.51 which I paid. Of course, it is free on Kindle Unlimited. It contains 547 pages.

ALL the other 178 eBooks on my Amazon eBook Wish List are not yet covered by Kindle Unlimited either. If a few get on KU, it is likely their purchase price will also be slashed for regular purchasers.

That is yet one more reason not to join.

Finally, in the last 12 months I have only spent $ 103 on eBooks. I only buy eBooks with over 500 pages and they usually are over 600 pages. I read two at one time alternating daily. A KU membership would cost me $ 120 per year, more than I actually spend now with far more eBooks available to me than in KU.
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