“Harry Potter”, “The Hunger Games”, “Lord of the Rings” – rows as they can not read for a monthly flat fee US customers of Amazon in the future. The group has announced to introduce an e-book flat rate for the American market. Thus, the reports of various U.S. media have confirmed. “Finding a good book is really easy, and there are no return dates”, Amazon advertises the service started on Friday.
The “Kindle Unlimited” said offer costs $ 9.99 a month, the equivalent of almost 7.40 EUR. For this, customers get unlimited access to 600,000 e-books and audiobooks to many. On the books can be accessed from the Kindle readers, as well by Kindle app on smartphones and tablets. In some thousand titles should be fluent can switch between printed and pre-read-in version.
The books selection at “Kindle Unlimited” is extensive, but missing books of the five major U.S. publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House and Simon & amp; Schuster. Amazon plans to offer its services gradually in other countries.
The idea of an e-book flat rate is not new. Like for example, offers Scribd: Access to some 400,000 titles cost for this service $ 8.99 per month. Oyster also has a catalog with 500,000 e-books on sale for $ 9.95. As a German company also advertises Skoobe for a flat rate with e-books selected publishers. It costs 9,99 €
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