![]() ![]() That doesn’t mean that there aren’t some gems in Kindle Unlimited, which boasts the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Hunger Games trilogy, and the entirety of the Harry Potter series. If you’re a voracious reader, that may sound tempting, but there’s a catch: none of the five major publishers are on board. For $9.99 per month, Kindle Unlimited promises open access to over 600,000 Kindle books, plus a generous helping of Audible audiobooks. (For Michael Cohen’s take on Oyster and Scribd, see “ FunBITS: Scribd and Oyster Aim to Be Netflix for Books,” 25 October 2013). Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s answer to subscription book services like Oyster and Scribd. ![]() It was an ideal time to test the beach capabilities of my newish Kindle Paperwhite (for my initial impressions, see “ Amazon Announces New Kindle Paperwhite,” 3 September 2013), which Amazon has long bragged about, as well as the recently launched Kindle Unlimited service. I was on vacation last week, which was a great opportunity to catch up on my reading.
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