Can someone explain the difference between Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited?
Can someone explain the difference between Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited?
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Kindle Unlimited has more books, I think like, way more.
But the prime books are way better.
Prime reading is a perk to of your Amazon prime acct. it includes other things; free shipping, prime video, etc. Kindle unlimited is a monthly charge ($9.99 ?) that gives you access to read many of the books Amazon offers, but you don’t own them. Or something like that anyway.
I have both and was wondering if it was worth it to keep paying for Kindle Unlimited even though I am a Prime member; it seems very redundant. But if the selection is that much better with KU, it seems worth it to keep…
Prime Reading allows you to read one book a month for free from among a handful chosen. They are usually popular books with high ratings. It is a little perk for Amazon Prime members. You can try Kindle unlimited for a month free trial. I just did that and decided the $9.99 monthly charge was too much since I can access free ebooks from my library totally online. Even if you don’t live near your library, get a card and learn how to check out their ebooks. You never have to step foot into the actual library. It all happens online–a great resource for rural folks!
Jan Evancho Prime reading has been expanded. You can still only borrow one book a month from the ones that they make available for that; but there are other books available to borrow at any time — usually promotions, or the first book in a series. It’s pretty limited.
Cool! Thanks!
You get ten books with prime reading! Ten at a time. Once you return one, you get to check out another. So, basically, as many as you can read. You don’t own them, you borrow them. Books and magazines are in the offerings.
KU you can “borrow” books and read then return them. But honestly you can do the same with a library, download the Overdrive app and check it out from the library with is free. I like FREE!! (since I already pay the $100 for Prime!)
I do overdrive a lot, but I live in a small town, so I can only hold 3 items and it usually takes 3-6 months to get each… Its incredibly slow for how much I read. I use things like bookbub for free books, but need other methods of being able to read at the rate I inhale books!!
Also, my Overdrive selection is HORRID!
talk to your librarian about Overdrive – I’m from a small town also, and there is a consortium of about 6 counties that “share” titles…see if that might be possible for your library.
I gotcha, wow!! That’s terrible. Yes I love Bookbub too, there is another one, I’ll have to see if I can find it
@Chelsea Do you have a friend or family in a different city who will let you have access to their library card #?
@Chrissy I had access from the last state I lived in up until a few months ago, when my card expired, so I was doubling up. Luckily, I’m moving to the Phoenix metro area next month, so I’ll have good access to free books again. I’ll probably cancel KU at that point.
I’ll bet you Could still renew your old card, I have library cards from several cities where I lived
@Brandi – are you thinking of Bookperk? It’s for Harper Collins books, but similar to BookBub and Goodreads Deals.
@Chelsea Try this
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2011/09/22/library-ebooks-for-non-residents-where-to-get-ebooks-if-your-library-is-lacking/
Your Unlimited reading list/library disappears from your Kindle the moment you cancel your Unlimited subscription
I pay for KU because a lot of the books also come with narration. Even if they don’t, many offer the audiobook at $1.99 when you borrow the kindle edition. (Those audiobook purchases are your to keep even when you return the kindle edition.) Much cheaper than an Audible membership. This is great for me because I read a lot but also listen to books during my long commute. I use overdrive also but they don’t always have some of the newer titles.
Ooh! That’s a good point. I do that sometimes also.
I have a Prime acct. I get the Prime reading titles kindle unlimited for no charge(Not even mthly)
So you get all of the same Kindle unlimited titles??
So far. I don’t use it except for when on the treadmill. I cannot read a physical book without getting dizzy but can read the tablet fine on it and that’s the only time I touch a ebook. I can do some browsing and deeper looking soon to let you know. But so far everything under prime reading I can do load free and under kindlelimited tab is set to 0.00 too.
With Prime, you can only get one book per month. Unlimited doesn’t have that restriction.
Aaaahhhhh!!! Thank You!
I have Prime and get way more books than one a month. I can download how many I want to my amazon account and just shuffle between 7 to 10 into the kindle app from my Amazon acct as I finish and start titles.
And that’s at any given time as long as have data or Wi-Fi to access amazing account.
Amazon account*
https://ebookfriendly.com/amazon-prime-reading-things-to-know/
So, according to that article: Prime reading has unlimited access to 1,000 books and magazines (which varies month to month.) Kindle unlimited has unlimited access to 1.4 million books and magazines.
@Julissa Yes ?
You get ten at a time. If you check out ten and then return five, you can get five out again. You can have only tennout at a time, but the actual number per month is , in theory, limitless.
@Julissa Yes, but of the 1000 books on Prime, you probably want to read them all. And, of the 1.4 million books on Kindle Unlimited, you probably want to read 5. More is not better! 🙂
@Rosemary, so far it’s been worth my while. A lot of my favorite horror writers are on there. ?
Prime includes:
– Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – you can borrow one book each calendar month; the catalog includes over 1,000,000 ebooks,
– Prime Reading – free access to over 1,000 top Kindle books, magazines, and comics,
Prime does not include Kindle unlimited
I had Kindle Unlimited for a month or two but found that none of the books I was looking for were included in the program. What was included was a great many self published books for dubious quality.
I had kindle unlimited. Just seems to be a place where they dump the garbage books nobody is willing to pay for.
To a certain extent — that’s why I don’t use it. There are also new authors looking for exposure.
True
Agree with @Vincent and @Guusje I get off my borrowbox and it cost me nothing only my library membership number and that’s free too
What is borrowbox?
This is what it looks like
It’s like overdrive but in Ireland we use an app called borrowbox
Oh, just go to your local library. Its all free
This app is part of my library services and is also free
I found that ku had very poor selection to choose from. Rarely did I find a book or series that wasn’t terrible. Some offered the audible upgrade on a book for $1.99 which is a good deal if you can find a good book you like but that upgrade seemed random also.
In the end I wanted a larger selection with more audible selections and better reads overall.
There is a lot of misinformation presented in this thread. Just go to the Amazon site, the correct information is all there.
Kindle unlimited has tons of really trash books. It has millions of books, but whoa, I can’t see paying ten dollars a month.
Prime has many popular books, best sellers, memoirs and etc, but I wouldn’t pay $100 per year just for this since you can get the exact same books for free from the library
Kindle owner’s lending library is a prime perk and it draws from the Kindle unlimited pool. It is also called KOLL. You get one book per month. Only one. If you don’t like the one you selected, you have to wait till next month to exchange it
Even though they both advertise ‘read for free’ it’s really not, eh? 🙂