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Post by heartland on Aug 11, 2014 17:13:54 GMT
I know there were a couple of threads earlier when Kindle unlimited was first being unveiled, I'm curious if anyone here has signed up and what you're thinking of it so far?
The major downside that keeps from hitting that "buy" button is that not all books are available through this. Most times when I look the titles offered just don't do anything for me. But I've now seen two whole series of books that I'm very interested in that are available through Kindle unlimited. So that's really wanting me to sign up for a month or so just to get these books.  Am I cheap or what? One is currently $8.99 for a set of three, so the $9.99 monthly fee makes it quite a deal if I get a couple more books.
I do have two questions I've not really seen the answers to on Amazon. This is a purchase, not book rentals right? I mean, they are not going to just pouf, take my book away because I didn't read it in a certain time right?  And is it unlimited books? There's not some kind of monthly limit or anything? |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 17:29:18 GMT
amazon link about policyCopied from website: As a member of Kindle Unlimited, you may read Kindle books and listen to Audible audiobooks from a designated list of titles an unlimited number of times for so long as you are a member of the program. From time to time, we may add or remove titles from the program and we make no guarantee as to the availability of specific titles or the minimum number of titles available. The program is currently only available to United States customers. If your membership ends, you will no longer have access to the titles you selected from the program.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 17:30:00 GMT
It's more of a borrowing/renting program than a buying/owning program.
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Post by heartland on Aug 11, 2014 17:46:20 GMT
Thanks for that. I guess I didn't read enough of the fine print (sarcasm lol) to see that. They really should put this stuff on the main info page. Instead it's in the terms of use. Who actually reads that? (not me usually ) copied from website: Kindle Unlimited is a subscription that offers you unlimited access to over 600,000 Kindle books and over 2,000 audiobooks with Whispersync for Voice. You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates. Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps This is saying 10 at one time? So it does have a limit - which again, why don't they just list this on the main page? Sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to be well-informed before I decide to sign up for this or not. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 11, 2014 17:57:15 GMT
Thanks for that. I guess I didn't read enough of the fine print (sarcasm lol) to see that. They really should put this stuff on the main info page. Instead it's in the terms of use. Who actually reads that? (not me usually ) copied from website: Kindle Unlimited is a subscription that offers you unlimited access to over 600,000 Kindle books and over 2,000 audiobooks with Whispersync for Voice. You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates. Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps This is saying 10 at one time? So it does have a limit - which again, why don't they just list this on the main page? Sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to be well-informed before I decide to sign up for this or not. They have a very narrow view of what the term "unlimited" means.  Now, I'm off to eat at the all you can eat buffet. Fine Print on a sign near the rear bathrooms of the restaurant: Limit one plate per customer. |
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Post by heartland on Aug 11, 2014 17:58:16 GMT
I went back and read the Introducing Kindle Unlimited page www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kstore_2?ie=UTF8&docId=1002872331They never do mention "buy". They use the words read, explore and access lol. I guess it's just assumed, as until now that's been the main way to get books from Kindle right? I don't have Amazon prime, so I don't know how the free book deal per month works there. So that's very bad reading comprehension and assuming on my part.  The link lavender posted actually says borrow, lend and rent lol. |
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Post by happymomma on Aug 11, 2014 18:08:52 GMT
A limit of ten doesn't equal unlimited. Maybe they should have named the program 'Take Ten' or something.
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Post by raindancer on Aug 11, 2014 18:27:18 GMT
Ten at a time, doesn't mean you can't get ten more you just have to dump the one's you have read off your device.Much like you can have 3 at a time for netflix, unlimited amounts of times each month.
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Post by azredhead on Aug 11, 2014 18:35:10 GMT
Yea I wasn't sure about it either. The pricing is very confusing, because you still pay for the books in addition to the subscription? That just seems like a silly option if you can just buy the books anyway. If I want to re read them especially my mystery ones I would want to keep them? So
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Post by sharlag on Aug 11, 2014 18:42:27 GMT
Thanks for that. I guess I didn't read enough of the fine print (sarcasm lol) to see that. They really should put this stuff on the main info page. Instead it's in the terms of use. Who actually reads that? (not me usually ) copied from website: Kindle Unlimited is a subscription that offers you unlimited access to over 600,000 Kindle books and over 2,000 audiobooks with Whispersync for Voice. You can keep up to ten books at a time and there are no due dates. Read your Kindle Unlimited books on any Kindle device or free Kindle reading apps This is saying 10 at one time? So it does have a limit - which again, why don't they just list this on the main page? Sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to be well-informed before I decide to sign up for this or not. They have a very narrow view of what the term "unlimited" means. Now, I'm off to eat at the all you can eat buffet. Fine Print on a sign near the rear bathrooms of the restaurant: Limit one plate per customer.But don't eat more than 3 chicken wings! |
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 11, 2014 18:46:08 GMT
Ten at a time, doesn't mean you can't get ten more you just have to dump the one's you have read off your device.Much like you can have 3 at a time for netflix, unlimited amounts of times each month. Yep, this. I signed up for the free trial to see if i like it. It is 10 at a time not 10 a month or whatever time period you want to put in there. I've already read 5 books in the little over a week that i have been signed up. My queue is full and only holds 10. I can return them from my queue or when I download a new book it prompts me to return one from my queue. they don't leave your queue list until you return them. You can download a book and return it as many times as you want. So, the 5 I've read and the 10 in queue is 15 so far. I tried it because there were several books include that I have been wanting to read. |
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 11, 2014 18:48:25 GMT
Yea I wasn't sure about it either. The pricing is very confusing, because you still pay for the books in addition to the subscription? That just seems like a silly option if you can just buy the books anyway. If I want to re read them especially my mystery ones I would want to keep them? So All you pay for is the subscription. |
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Post by azredhead on Aug 11, 2014 18:52:02 GMT
ok thanks for the clarification, because I was seeing the pricing on the book. So it stays in que and then you can go back to them? I wasn't sure if there was an extra charge for adding more books.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 11, 2014 19:07:42 GMT
Thanks for starting this thread - interesting to hear how it works. It's not available for New Zealand yet. The other thing that puts me off is that apparently the 5 biggest publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan) have all refused to make their titles available on Kindle Unlimited. I'd be interested to hear what you think of the range of titles scrapsotime. |
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Post by pretzels on Aug 11, 2014 19:08:46 GMT
i signed up for the trial and promptly canceled three days later. The books they were offering as unlimited were not any I was interested in. I may look into Oyster in the future.
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 11, 2014 19:33:27 GMT
Thanks for starting this thread - interesting to hear how it works. It's not available for New Zealand yet. The other thing that puts me off is that apparently the 5 biggest publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan) have all refused to make their titles available on Kindle Unlimited. I'd be interested to hear what you think of the range of titles scrapsotime. I read a little bit of everything - sci-fi, dystopian, fiction, non fiction. I've found things in all those categories to read, many of them already on my want to read list. They also include craft books which will save me money by not buying so many of them. I read the dystopian novels The Giver by Lois Lowry (the movie is coming out starring Jeff Bridges) and The Handmaid's Tale. I've been reading a sci-fi series by Kevin George and his books are included and so are Hugh Howey's, another sci-fi author I read. Next on my list to read is War Brides by Helen Bryan. It includes series like The Hunger Games, The Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. So far I have found plenty to read that interest me. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 19:35:52 GMT
It is unlimited. Not sure why people think it isn't. It is just 10 out at one time. But you can do that as many times as you want each month.
The selection isn't enough to me because the publishers once again are having hissy fits. They need to get with the times quickly. I am not going to pay as much or more for an ebook. And if you charge that way I will more than likely bootleg it. Just saying.
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Post by heartland on Aug 11, 2014 19:52:02 GMT
Thanks for everyone's replies. I knew that this was similar to Netflix, in the way that it was organized - but I guess I forgot that. It makes much more sense when you think of it in those terms. The 10 at a time limit doesn't really bother me, I'm just more annoyed at the way the language on their promo info reads. To me these questions are more useful than all the pretty graphics and white space they have in that ad. Most libraries have limits on certain items too, so this is no different. Still undecided if I'll sign up for this or not. If I'm paying for a service like this I usually feel I need to get my monies worth out of it, and I'm not sure that I always would. Certainly I would for a month or two, but after that I don't know... |
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 11, 2014 19:59:36 GMT
My SIL is a self-published author. Apparently, if you're self-published and want to be included then you can't sell anywhere else. So, if she wants her books to be included she would have to stop selling at Barnes & Noble. Kinda sucks for them.
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Post by alibama on Aug 11, 2014 20:04:59 GMT
My SIL is a self-published author. Apparently, if you're self-published and want to be included then you can't sell anywhere else. So, if she wants her books to be included she would have to stop selling at Barnes & Noble. Kinda sucks for them. Well that sucks!!!
Now I want to know who your sister in law is 
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 11, 2014 20:10:34 GMT
My SIL is a self-published author. Apparently, if you're self-published and want to be included then you can't sell anywhere else. So, if she wants her books to be included she would have to stop selling at Barnes & Noble. Kinda sucks for them. Well that sucks!!!
Now I want to know who your sister in law is
It's the first of a series of 4...and it's in the adult-paranormal genre. I really enjoyed it...and not just because she's my SIL. |
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Post by alibama on Aug 11, 2014 20:15:09 GMT
Well that sucks!!!
Now I want to know who your sister in law is
It's the first of a series of 4...and it's in the adult-paranormal genre. I really enjoyed it...and not just because she's my SIL. I am going to check this out |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 20:23:46 GMT
I'm in the midst of the free trial. So far, I'm not that impressed. There just aren't that many books available that I'm interested in reading. Most of what I would read was already available on the Prime lending library. I will probably cancel my trial this week. I would love to do Oyster, but I don't really read on the ipad or my phone. I want to be able to read on my eInk screen, and I can't use my Kindle Paperwhite with Oyster  I'm growing weary of the power struggle between the publishing houses and Amazon.  |
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Post by katiekaty on Aug 11, 2014 22:38:49 GMT
Glad to see this. Validates why I haven't really bought into it. I like to buy a book when I see, buy it may take a while before I get around to read it. I have probably 20-30 books on my kindle waiting to be read. Kindle unlimited is not for me. I do like to browse through the free book section-those do belong to you. I pick a few to read later and they never go away.
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Post by pamp on Aug 11, 2014 22:58:47 GMT
I signed up for the trial when I first got Amazon's e-mail.So far I am finding many books that I like.I understood that I could cancel at anytime.I am certain that I am getting my money's worth.When and if I run out of titles that interest me,I will reconsider .I will always have the regular kindle library to access also.
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Am I cheap or what? One is currently $8.99 for a set of three, so the $9.99 monthly fee makes it quite a deal if I get a couple more books. 
And is it unlimited books? There's not some kind of monthly limit or anything? 
