My issue with KU is that it's about 99% dross and that it would be way too time-consuming to mine it for the occasional gem. I've already got plenty to read and when I go looking for a book to borrow or purchase, it's a specific book. Occasionally a title I search on shows as free in KU; most recently, it was a poetry book that costs $9.99 to buy. But even at that, KU wouldn't pay for me.
I suppose what I should do is keep a separate wishlist of KU titles that interest me and eventually sign up for a promotional month or two and bomb through them - except that's not how I like to read, which is whatever I feel like at the time. Still, I can see the value in that approach. (After all, I'm not shelling out ten bucks for that poetry book, ever.)
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