Kindle Unlimited Review – Is Kindle Unlimited Worth It?

Absolutely not worth it. Out of the current top 20 chart, eight were available to borrow. Of those eight, five were Harry Potter books, which are over 20 years old! Not one single book from my wish list was on the “borrow” list. You’re fooling yourself if you think they don’t use an algorithm to know what you want to read and purposefully leave those off the “borrow” list for you.

I am a member of kindle unlimited and paying monthly fee but now it is asking me to signin and won’t take password
What an I do?

Absolutely not worth it. I have well over 100 books on my Amazon wish list. Started a free trial of Kindle Unlimited. Not ONE single book on my list was available in the “unlimited” pool of “free” books. [Remember, you’re just borrowing them; too bad there’s not some kind of place where you can freely borrow books and ebooks… oh wait, there is! ]

Heck, the FREE trial wasn’t even worth it. After searching through the available books, for over an hour, I found about 3 books I wanted to read before reading the books on my wish list.

10 bucks a month for a VERY LIMITED Kindle Unlimited. No thank you!

I did a 6 month trial of Kindle Unlimited for $30. While I found plenty of books to read, I did find it bothersome that every time I opened a book on my Kindle it has to be validated before I could read it. I don’t always have a wifi connection available and this limits where I could read the books that I borrowed. Not a good system and I have canceled.

In response to your question, I am indeed interested in joining a Kindle library . In any event , living in France , we find we cannot join kindle unlimited for the free trial just to try it out . In fact, u would like to have prior access to their book list in English to see if the books that appeal are there .
I feel Amazon are not really trying to promote this aspect as it would undermine their book sales . However, I line many others have no need to buy & own a book, whether electronic or paper; I just want to enjoy the read & move on , which is why the library concept appeals .

Regards
Robert

I am a retired Educator and I have 3 Kindles. I have read at least 50 books month and am in the unlimited plan. During this COVD debacle the news is dreadful . I read and relax. Kindle Is worth every penny.

I love my kindle read..i read about 6 books a month and enjoy must of them yes people if you like to read this is a good investment I pay 6 months up front is cheaper than monthy plus I love Amazon period!!!

That only works in America, I live in Canada and did not have that option until switching my Amazon accounts to .com

Amazon has a new service that might be fun compared to Kindle Unlimited for some.

It’s called Audible Escape and it features famous contemporary authors and other well known people reading both classic and modern- classic and new popular fiction.

I just bought Bose wireless headphones for $100 off in the color rose gold, and the Audible Escape was suggested to me by Amazon.
This is another way to have LITERATURE, but with narration instead of text.

Why this is interesting and useful to me: I’ve had a mild case of COVID-19 and my eyes ( and arms) felt very weak, like the rest of me. I couldn’t read, but I COULD listen. I listened to TV shows I like to try to focus on something else.
I also listened to music with my Echo and Amazon Music Unlimited.
But, this service, Audible Escape, is all literature, not music, and it dovetails very nicely into Kindle as MOST of the Kindle books offer an Audible option.

Thanks for letting me share a huge steal on high quality headphones and on the Audible ” Escape” service which is geared to women’s literature. 🙂

$9.99 a month to read fifteen books a year seems like poor value to me. Check out your local library and see if they offer Overdrive ebooks, Hoopla, and RB Digital. Read for free. Amazon has enough of our money.

KU offers some popular magazines for those who have short attention spans, like me. But I do agree that there is a lot of worthless stuff too, especially self-published. What happened to editors and editing? When I notice misspellings or incorrect references, is that because the book isn’t riveting enough, or just bad editing?

I am a Kindle addict myself. I’m on my 5th Kindle, an Oasis. You don’t mention the X-Ray feature. It’s a real shame so many publishers don’t bother doing the setup for it because I find it really useful. If it’s done right, you can long press on a character or place name or (in the case of my Wakanreo books) a made up word and see a definition or explanation. I wish readers would complain to publishers but I suspect the absence of X-Ray is mostly due to publishers wanting to limit the popularity of ebooks. And yes, all 3 Wakanreo books are in KU.

I tried KU when it first came out but I didn’t like the limited selection and ended up buying books outside of the subscription. After a few months I canceled it.

Years later my friends finally convinced me to give it another try. I did a cost analysis for a few months and kept reading what I normally would then comparing what I spent on books to what I would have spent if I subscribed to KU. After a few months of this I noticed that I would have consistently saved money month after month if I had the subscription because so many of the books I read are now on KU.

I took the plunge and subscribed again last year and haven’t been sorry since. In fact I took advantage of the Audible discounted price for Audible Escape so now with less than $20/mos I have all the ebooks and audiobooks I could ever want. Best of all, I no longer feel obligated to finish a book I don’t like. I just return it and pick another one. It’s the very rare ocassion that I want a book not on KU. In that case it’s a book I want to keep and so I buy a nice hard cover copy.

KU has some of the worst books ever brought to light. How do they do this? They require the author’s sworn alliance to only publish there in KU.
They figure a way to use ridiculous math to weedle payments by page reads. Some authors play the system to cheat for more page reads.
It’s a corrupt system I refuse to support.

I liked KE also. Most of my books from them were audio. About 4 weeks ago, the audio books stopped syncing. This is a major problem, since I have to stop driving or what ever else I’m doing to determine where I’m at in the book. I’ve contacted KE and Amazon for solutions. I’ve tried all their suggestions and they did not fix the problem. This problem is on both of my devices using the KE App. My other audio books from other sources do not have this problem. I have discontinued my subscription until they have a solution that fixes the problem. As I said, their prior solutions has not fixed this problem. I have spent time on the phone with their reps to solve problem and the just keep having me repeat the same things over and over.

I love Kindle unlimited and I read a book every day now. I am an Amazon prime subscriber since I frequently order from and subscribe. Kindle unlimited is included with my Prime membership and there are so many books to choose from that I rarely find books I don’t like. Some of the famous authors don’t offer books on Unlimited, but there are many books to choose from that I don’t have a problem finding something good to read.

I too have had KU for years, and last year took advantage of an offer for a discounted multi year subscription.. As a medieval/Scottish history buff, I maintain 10 books in my “library” all the time. I download them to my cloud reader and then no matter where I am or what platform I’m on, my books are accessible. At home I read them on my desktop theough read.amazon.com.

I have quite a bit of spare time to read at work so I typically go through a couple of books a week. These are usually scifi, fantasy, and post apocalyptic and usually in a series. It’s true that the quality may be lacking at times but many of the books are well written and reasonably well edited. It does take some trial and error reading to find what suits you but I’ve been equally disappointed with many books I’ve paid full price for, so when I pick up a book on KU it’s a non-issue because I can return it and it costs nothing extra to just start another book. As mentioned above if you do like the service and content there’s an additional bonus if you use audio books. After borrowing a book on KU you can purchase the audio book at a deeply discounted price and it’s yours to keep, usually between $1.99 and $7.49. I read and listen to a large number of books so this saves me hundreds of dollars a year versus Audible.

I’m on my 4th Kindle and since we are fairly locked down at the moment, it has been on almost constantly. With Ku as a free 3-month bonus I am devouring books and will keep the subscription going. The best item I’ve ever purchased. As a lifetime avid reader I couldn’t ask for more.

I love KU for a couple of reasons – 1. It’s cost effective if you read at least 10 books a month because most of the KU books are also available for $1.99 or more and I read 3 or more books a week so it’s definitely worth it for me. 2.If, after I start a KU book I decide I don’t like it I can send it back and get something else. My only gripe is that Amazon doesn’t tell me if I’ve already read a book or started one and didn’t like it. They do this on purchased books and many times it’s kept me from buying a book twice.

I have never been a reader, I have horrible reading comprehension. I have tried kindle unlimited twice now and found alot of books I actually want to read. I love anything medieval and there are a lot of series of these type for me, but I cant seem to finish the books. What I did try and absolutely love is audibles, listening to books is much easier for me and I have been using it daily since I got it almost 6 months ago. I love the fact that if you listen to a book and then decide that you really weren’t happy with it you can return it and they will give you your credit back to get another book. I usually select very long books to listen to that I know I would never be able to get thru if I read them traditionally. So far I have listened to 4 game of throne books, 4 Harry Potter series, chronicles of Narnia, and am working on the lord of the rings. You also get 2 out of 6 selections from their free offerings, and while some may not be the greatest, it has helped me branch out and listen to things out of my comfort zone. I also like the fact that some are audio dramas that have music, sound effects, etc that add to the experience. I do know that when you have audible and kindle unlimited you get extra perks, I am go back to unlimited and try again at a later date but it’s not in my budget right now, but for me audible was the way for me to go in spades I love it.

I read 3-4 books a week so unlimited is definitely worth it to me.

I have Kindle unlimited and Kindle Oasis. Bought a pre-owned device. I see myself reading more. Why did I buy the Oasis??
Because I have a iPad pro and Kindle app loaded. Found it too bulky to read at night and carry around. The Oasis is small, light, and can put in my pocket. Display is great without glare. I can download books from our local library.

I have kindle unlimited and I love it. They need to add more bestsellers and expand their selection, but I’ve discovered several independent authors that I just love. So $10 a month is absolutely worth it to me.

I’ve had Kindle Unlimited for years and I use it often. In a reply above me, someone mentioned borrowing your books from your local library. For those of you in the US, if you have a library card, log on to a service called Hoopla. Chances are, your library allows you to check out x number of ebooks, audiobooks, and/or movies per month.

The selection is awesome! My library allows each patron to borrow 10 items per month.