I just wrapped up my 30 day free trial of Kindle Unlimited and have decided not to renew.
I read...a LOT; so any and every site/program that offers me free or steeply discounted kindle books is my friend. I've been on bookbub, bookbasset, ereaderiq, hundredzeros, etc for as long as they've been around.
The offerings on Kindle Unlimited are generally the exact same books I'm already getting free (to own, not borrow) from the above website offerings. As others have noted there aren't many bestsellers offered, nor are there many 5-star books. I also don't like being limited to "checking out" 10 books at a time. So many of the freebies are awful that I load up dozens at a time and then sit down and preview them to see which are worth keeping (about 10% is my average on keepers).
As to amazon prime, I wouldn't be without it (and haven't for years). We order a substantial amount of our groceries, car parts, household items, gifts, etc via amazon and the free 2-day shipping (which is frequently overnight) is worth it in and of itself.
We don't have cable, so the Prime tv/movie offerings are what we have to watch other than hulu/netflix subscription.
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