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DuckieTigger · 10-03-2016, 10:14 AM

We got KU mainly for my wife. She will read 2 or 3 books a week most weeks, some weeks more when she feels like it. I usually add around 2-4 per month depending how busy I am with work. I consider the books I read as free as it already pays for the amount of books my wife reads. Since having KU (the start of it) both of us read more and we spend a lot less (some books we read are not through KU, most are though).

The real benefit is not having to make a decision per book (or series) if it is worth it. Very seldom does it happen that a book doesn't get finished. So we are either lucky with picking or easily entertained. But seriously, there is many books in KU that are not any worse than big5 books. It feels that the premium price doesn't always add any benefit.

ETA: We started off paying monthly, but never once considered stopping, so we went to prepaid to save even more, currently as 24 month.

10-03-2016, 10:14 AM	#8
DuckieTigger Wizard Posts: 4,764 Karma: 246906703 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: USA Device: Oasis 3, Oasis 2, PW3, PW1, KT	We got KU mainly for my wife. She will read 2 or 3 books a week most weeks, some weeks more when she feels like it. I usually add around 2-4 per month depending how busy I am with work. I consider the books I read as free as it already pays for the amount of books my wife reads. Since having KU (the start of it) both of us read more and we spend a lot less (some books we read are not through KU, most are though). The real benefit is not having to make a decision per book (or series) if it is worth it. Very seldom does it happen that a book doesn't get finished. So we are either lucky with picking or easily entertained. But seriously, there is many books in KU that are not any worse than big5 books. It feels that the premium price doesn't always add any benefit. ETA: We started off paying monthly, but never once considered stopping, so we went to prepaid to save even more, currently as 24 month. Last edited by DuckieTigger; 10-03-2016 at 10:20 AM.