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I had KU initially when it first came out, last year, can't recall the month, July 2014? But after a few months there was this flood of porn shorts that basically took over every category in romance especially that it was hard to find any actual books anymore. A lot of authors pulled theirs out as that payment system at the time rewarded 10 page pamphlets. I cancelled in November last year.
Then I subscribed to Scribd because of the selection. I was happy about that, but not super happy about having to read on a tablet. My eyes prefer e-ink. But because of the selection, I made it work. Then Scribd yanked about 95% of my wishlist as they yanked most romance from their program, and anything they assumed romance readers read.
On prime day this year, July, I purchased a deeply discounted KU membership for 2 years and cancelled Scribd. I have found that the selection in KU is way way better this time around with some publishers in it, other than the big 5. All of the amazon titles and of course some well known indies. Many moved their books back in and a lot of the gold rush with the short porn has gone away.
So for me KU works as of now. I also have library cards and I still buy books when I have some gift cards. I am a pretty happy reader right now.
I am loving KU this time around a lot. I like the idea of subscription as I rarely re-read stuff so I don't need to own everything. Fine with me.
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