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PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:40 
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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

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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:11 
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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


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:55 
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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/'


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:04 
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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.


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:59 
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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.


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


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 13:03 
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When you look in the Kindle store on your Kindle now free books have an "unlimited" icon.

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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 17:20 
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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.


:this: 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.


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 22:30 
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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!


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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 16:35 
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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.

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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:25 
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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.

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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:26 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:27 
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 Post subject: Re: Kindle unlimited
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:17 
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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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