LOL. Exactly.amypattenaude wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 00:20That's the same "excuse" I used 5 years ago when I cancelled my cable.
Kindle Unlimited Subscription, is it worth it?
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Re: Kindle Unlimited Subscription, is it worth it?
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Thanks for your opinion. For me, I don't even prefer reading on a screen, it gives me a headache after awhile. But since joining this group, I have been wondering how to proceed to keep up with all the links to Amazon titles.Shaggy-Reads wrote: ↑11 May 2018, 13:03 I went this route and still paid for a ton of books. Most of those offered are already free or .99 books. There are a few that are 2-3 and the rare 4-5 dollar books. All in all it is waste of time, energy, and money. Any book you purchase for kindle is available on every device you own and register with the kindle app. With unlimited the books are borrowed so they have to be returned. Why pay for books you never can keep? And why pay for free or cheap books? The most popular books and publishing companies aren’t even part of the plan.
I don't like the idea at all, of paying to borrow a book. And a monthly fee to find indie/self pubbed books does not seem like a deal for my reading habits.--I am involved in a local book club which meets at my library, so I am borrowing from them regularly. For Free.
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Kindle has been great for me, so I think I am going to like the unlimited.
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I have also noticed that Unlimited offers several books that are first installments of multi-book series. If you get hooked on a series, you may end up purchasing books anyway.polar_palm_tree wrote: ↑17 Mar 2018, 16:00 The other downer is that many of the unlimited books are of lower quality. You will rarely find a new best-seller on the list.
You can spend your time however you want, but you can spend it only once.
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Thank you for the information. It is very helpful I have been trying to decide about kindle unlimited. It’s so hard to decide. This information is very helpful. Thank you for your postClinical1 wrote: ↑08 Mar 2018, 10:35 I can answer this for you. I am an avid reader. I read for work and for pleasure. I owned a nook for several years and found that I was reading on my nook app more than the nook itself. When my husband opened an Amazon account for the 2 day shipping it came with a free month of Kindle Unlimited. I was in love. I am in my 3rd year of membership and cannot count the number of books I have downloaded and read.
I use my kindle app on my phone, MS surface and my laptop. Some books automatically sync, and some do not. When they sync it's awesome, but when they don't it is only a few seconds of inconvenience.
I use the multiple devices totally interchangeable based on my location. In my home office, I typically read work information from the laptop. I use my surface when sitting on the sofa or on a plane, and I use my phone in bed, in the car or doctor's offices, etc.
I often have 2 or 3 books in progress, so that would work well for your children and you. The only downside I would see to sharing your account with the kids is that all users might be able to see all downloaded books. You might want to be careful what you download if you don't want the kids to see what you are reading.
I strongly support kindle unlimited for a reading family.
Have fun with it.
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Like others said, there is a lot of self published authors and many books do have a few errors in spelling and grammar. I've found many really good books on there that I wouldn't have otherwise read (I enjoy sci-fi and dystopian). I do find most of mine from ads on Facebook, though. I find it hard to find new books on their site.
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In fact, many authors are moving to this service because we can get a higher amount of royalties from this.
For me, it wasn't worth it at the time that I purchased the service. I was working 50 hours a week and have my writing career on the side. That left me with barely any time to read for pleasure. I did subscribe to it this month to see if now that I'm only working 40 hours it would be worth it for me.
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I personally love Kindle Unlimited. It works well for me but I understand it doesn’t work for all! I will give you my pros and cons.
Pros:
I tend to read a couple of books a week so this saves me money.
My 17 year old also uses it for school.
The app is interchangeable with different devices.
Kindle Unlimited has a variety of Genres and Authors.
Cons:
You are only allowed to borrow so many books at one time.
You may not find the specific book your looking for on KU, not all authors allow it.
You do have to pay each month and if you don’t read many books it may not be worth it.
For me the Pros outweigh the Cons! I hope this helps.
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