Kindle unlimited

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:40

Have you seen Kindle Unlimited, apparently there are 650,000 audio and ebooks. For £7.99 a month.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=ku_launch ... MX07BMS1KE

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

At least this time they appear to be covering any device, with the lending library you get as part of Prime its only Kindle devices not IPad with Kindle installed

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10173

what happens when you've read/heard all 650k?

By which I mean 'that's "Kindle Quite A Lot", not "Unlimited"'

Someone should write to the ASA saying 'see, this is the inevitable consequence of letting ISPs use 'unlimited' to describe something with clear limits, you /dicks/'

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

I think youre splitting hairs a little there. However. Given the amount of free stuff on kindle which could be part of the 650k and therefore potentially quite a lot, I'd want to see the selection a few months after launch before committing. Prime instant video for example has a lot of stuff to watch, but very little I actually want to watch.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I think youre splitting hairs a little there. However. Given the amount of free stuff on kindle which could be part of the 650k and therefore potentially quite a lot, I'd want to see the selection a few months after launch before committing. Prime instant video for example has a lot of stuff to watch, but very little I actually want to watch.

If it actually had books I wanted, I'd be interested, but I can't see a way to tell without signing up.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sat Sep 27, 2014 13:03

When you look in the Kindle store on your Kindle now free books have an "unlimited" icon.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Trooper wrote:

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

I think youre splitting hairs a little there. However. Given the amount of free stuff on kindle which could be part of the 650k and therefore potentially quite a lot, I'd want to see the selection a few months after launch before committing. Prime instant video for example has a lot of stuff to watch, but very little I actually want to watch.

If it actually had books I wanted, I'd be interested, but I can't see a way to tell without signing up.

You can get a 30 day free trial, you have to remember to cancel it of course. Where possible I use Pay Pal for offers like this, it creates a recurring payment which you can remove instantly after signing up.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22392

Hmmmm... I've searched for a dozen books I've either recently enjoyed or want to read next. Not a single one was available on unlimited.

I guess that's that then!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26095

I thought I'd update my Amazon wish-list yesterday, as Russell has been prompting me to with the impending Birthday and Christmas incoming, and I noticed that most of the knitting books that I fancied were on Kindle unlimited.

I have signed up for the 30 day free trial with the aim to just have a look at them all. I can absorb any techniques during the 30 day trial, and any that I really want to pursue for patterns or whatever I can then decide whether I want to purchase outright in hardcopy (which does really make for a nicer experience with something so visual as a knitting book) in the future.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26095

Thought I'd get some knitting books to read whilst away visiting. Searched for 'lace'.

Don't do that, unless you want to be bombarded with the covers for really ropey-looking smut novels.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

Mimi wrote:

Thought I'd get some knitting books to read whilst away visiting. Searched for 'lace'.

Don't do that, unless you want to be bombarded with the covers for really ropey-looking smut novels.

Thanks for the tip.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12337

"I was just looking for present ideas, darling!"

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38659

Mr Russell wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Thought I'd get some knitting books to read whilst away visiting. Searched for 'lace'.

Don't do that, unless you want to be bombarded with the covers for really ropey-looking smut novels.

Thanks for the tip.

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