Saturday, July 19, 2014

Live Now: Amazon Spotify for e-books, Kindle Unlimited – Bright

leesdienst ‘Kindle Unlimited’ costs $ 10 per month for unlimited reading ebooks. Yep, same price as Spotify

It leaked earlier this week via a screenshot that was taken offline hastily:. Amazons new subscription service on e-books. And Friday was the leesdienst, Kindle Unlimited , officially launched.

Tenner per month

Kindle Unlimited costs $ 9.99 per month ( first month free). You get unlimited access to more than 600 thousand books and thousands of audiobooks. service is compatible with the Kindle tablets and e-readers (which are available in the Netherlands) or the free Kindle apps on smartphones and tablets.

Amazon is the service to compete with Scribd and Oyster , similar services about charging the same prices.

Large publishers are still missing

It seems that several major U.S. publishers are not yet on board. Thus, there are no books of American publishers like Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, while publishers participate with the services of oyster and Scribd. The offer will undoubtedly be the future be further supplemented.

Update: Many books from major publishers are missing indeed, have to read popular books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings

Kindle Unlimited state. currently only open to U.S. customers from Amazon. The company wants to introduce the service in other countries later.

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