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Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by cottonseed »

WhatsName wrote: post #21

Can someone explain to me, whats the difference between Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime[1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811&ref=...

Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to about 600,000 ebooks and audio books on Kindle devices.

Prime gives you free 2-day shipping on a large number of Amazon products and gives you unlimited access to Amazon Video.

I personally was a little surprised (and disappointed) Amazon didn't roll this out as another Prime perk. I'm not sure why making Amazon Video available to Prime members makes financial sense to Amazon, but making Kindle Unlimited doesn't.

edit: With Prime, you also get access to music, some ebooks, and something called "Amazon Pantry". There is a description here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...

Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by mimighost »

xhrpost wrote: post #9
xux wrote: post #4

Looks like Amazon is trying to do to ebooks what Spotify and Netflix have done to music and content. The pricing is interesting. At $9.99, it's more than Netflix and the same as Spotify. I'm not sure if anyone will binge read books the same way people do with the other two services.

There are plenty of people already on the $15/mo plan with Audible. Myself included. I listen to audio books on my commute. The difference with my more expensive plan is that I get too keep the audio books. Though I have not re-listened to any so this is something for me to think about.

It is a surprise that Audible is an Amazon company. Will the launch of this service create self-competition?

Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by why-el »

leviathan wrote: post #10
kenny_r wrote: post #2

Very saddened by this: We're sorry. Kindle Unlimited is currently only available for US customers. Please visit us again when it is available in your country.

I still don't understand why, when content is digital and distribution doesn't cost anything extra, things like this are restricted to specific countries.

I am really sorry people downvote you. People please don't downvote for mere disagreement; not upvoting is enough. You are actively discouraging otherwise completely legitimate and sensible questions.

Re: Kindle Unlimited

#34

Post by AndrewDucker »

leviathan wrote: post #10
kenny_r wrote: post #2

Very saddened by this: We're sorry. Kindle Unlimited is currently only available for US customers. Please visit us again when it is available in your country.

I still don't understand why, when content is digital and distribution doesn't cost anything extra, things like this are restricted to specific countries.

Contracts.

See this explanation by author Charlie Stross: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/07/some-ram...

Re: Kindle Unlimited

#35

Post by brotoss »

swanson wrote: post #17

I love the idea, but the selection is not good enough (for me) yet. I keep an Amazon wishlist as a "reading queue" and none of the 60 books (technical, business, pop-psych) in it were available on Kindle Unlimited. I usually buy 2-3 Kindle books a month at around $9/per, so I would definitely use this service if the selection improves. I kind of wonder if Amazon could get away with charging $9/month for any book they…

Yep, just went through my list of 38 and only 2 are on unlimited. My list is comprised of relatively popular books that are relatively old, nothing like new or anything. Examples: Army at Dawn, Eternal Golden Braid, Tale of Dueling Neurosurgeons, When Genius Failed, Snow Crash, Good Omens, The Signal and The Noise, The Looming Tower. I would expect at least a couple of these to be on there, its not like they're at peak popularity or anything.

But I did chuckle at Piketty's Capital being on unlimited.

Re: Kindle Unlimited

#36

Post by ToastyMallows »

cottonseed wrote: post #31
WhatsName wrote: post #21

Can someone explain to me, whats the difference between Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime[1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811&ref=...

Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to about 600,000 ebooks and audio books on Kindle devices. Prime gives you free 2-day shipping on a large number of Amazon products and gives you unlimited access to Amazon Video. I personally was a little surprised (and disappointed) Amazon didn't roll this out as another Prime perk. I'm not sure why making Amazon Video available to Prime members makes financial sense to A…

Probably because Amazon is known more for their books than their movie/TV show selection.

Also: Prime gives you access to the lending library, but you can only lend one book a month.

Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by [deleted] »

cottonseed wrote: post #31
WhatsName wrote: post #21

Can someone explain to me, whats the difference between Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime[1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811&ref=...

Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to about 600,000 ebooks and audio books on Kindle devices. Prime gives you free 2-day shipping on a large number of Amazon products and gives you unlimited access to Amazon Video. I personally was a little surprised (and disappointed) Amazon didn't roll this out as another Prime perk. I'm not sure why making Amazon Video available to Prime members makes financial sense to A…

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Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by [deleted] »

cottonseed wrote: post #31
WhatsName wrote: post #21

Can someone explain to me, whats the difference between Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime[1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811&ref=...

Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to about 600,000 ebooks and audio books on Kindle devices. Prime gives you free 2-day shipping on a large number of Amazon products and gives you unlimited access to Amazon Video. I personally was a little surprised (and disappointed) Amazon didn't roll this out as another Prime perk. I'm not sure why making Amazon Video available to Prime members makes financial sense to A…

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Re: Kindle Unlimited

#39

Post by TeMPOraL »

leviathan wrote: post #10
kenny_r wrote: post #2

Very saddened by this: We're sorry. Kindle Unlimited is currently only available for US customers. Please visit us again when it is available in your country.

I still don't understand why, when content is digital and distribution doesn't cost anything extra, things like this are restricted to specific countries.

cstross elaborated on it recently.

http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/07/some-ram...

HN thread for that article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7998604.

Re: Kindle Unlimited

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Post by adestefan »

cottonseed wrote: post #31
WhatsName wrote: post #21

Can someone explain to me, whats the difference between Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime[1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811&ref=...

Kindle Unlimited gives you unlimited access to about 600,000 ebooks and audio books on Kindle devices. Prime gives you free 2-day shipping on a large number of Amazon products and gives you unlimited access to Amazon Video. I personally was a little surprised (and disappointed) Amazon didn't roll this out as another Prime perk. I'm not sure why making Amazon Video available to Prime members makes financial sense to A…

I would rather have unlimited Kindle books over both videos and music.
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