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Atunah · 05-31-2017, 05:45 PM

I have Ku and technically I have prime reading also since I have prime. But its moot when you have KU. But I can browse of course whats available and there isn't much in genres I read. But of course, prime reading doesn't cost anything extra if you have prime already. KU costs 9.99 a month unless you got one of those prepaid deals like I got a couple of years ago.

I agree with KU listings being pretty much a sewage.

Now I assume wishlists work the same in the UK than they do in the US. But what I have always done with KU and previously with KOLL was create wishlist/s. Those I can access on my kindles. So over some time I have a nice selection of my own vetted items on those wishlists. I have several by subgenre. When someone recommends a book and I see its on KU, I add it to the wishlist. I also use the goodreads integration on my kindle which gives me pretty good recs. The same is on kindles or website on amazon for KU. I gave up browsing the categories in KU as there is so much garbage and yes the 10 pagers still abound. They just got packed up into "box sets".

I would browse around KU for a while. See if you find stuff to add to a wishlist. Try using the recommendations via amazon and so on. If after a month of so you have some nice ones lined up to read, then you'll know if its worth paying. Or just using prime reading. If that selecting is enough for you.

05-31-2017, 05:45 PM	#2
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	I have Ku and technically I have prime reading also since I have prime. But its moot when you have KU. But I can browse of course whats available and there isn't much in genres I read. But of course, prime reading doesn't cost anything extra if you have prime already. KU costs 9.99 a month unless you got one of those prepaid deals like I got a couple of years ago. I agree with KU listings being pretty much a sewage. Now I assume wishlists work the same in the UK than they do in the US. But what I have always done with KU and previously with KOLL was create wishlist/s. Those I can access on my kindles. So over some time I have a nice selection of my own vetted items on those wishlists. I have several by subgenre. When someone recommends a book and I see its on KU, I add it to the wishlist. I also use the goodreads integration on my kindle which gives me pretty good recs. The same is on kindles or website on amazon for KU. I gave up browsing the categories in KU as there is so much garbage and yes the 10 pagers still abound. They just got packed up into "box sets". I would browse around KU for a while. See if you find stuff to add to a wishlist. Try using the recommendations via amazon and so on. If after a month of so you have some nice ones lined up to read, then you'll know if its worth paying. Or just using prime reading. If that selecting is enough for you.