<story><title>Amazon leaks Kindle Unlimited</title><url>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A6jL66Zad7zIJ%3Awww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fkindle%2Fku%2Fsign-up%2Fui%2Frw%2Fabout+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wgeorgecook</author><text>I was thinking this sounds strangely like a library card you pay $120 a year for.</text></item><item><author>JunkDNA</author><text>Lots of people in this thread are talking about this being scary for authors. When I was a kid, I got to read a ton of books any time I wanted. I got them at this place called a &amp;quot;library&amp;quot; where they let people come in and take books home with them to read for &lt;i&gt;free&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;People have always had the option to read books without buying them. In those days, going to the library was effectively the same effort as going to a book store. In fact, it was more convenient for my family. We happened to live a few blocks from the library and didn&amp;#x27;t need to drive across town to the mall to get books in dingy little B. Dalton bookstore.&lt;p&gt;I will grant that the economics in the eBook situation are dramatically different than with physical books, but I really wonder how different they really are. Local libraries already lend ebooks as well. I&amp;#x27;m not sure why more people don&amp;#x27;t take advantage of that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>HelloMcFly</author><text>For many, libraries just aren&amp;#x27;t convenient. Even if the location itself is convenient, navigating the the eBook collection might not be. Even if navigating the eBook collection is convenient, there is often (in my admittedly limited experience) a wait time for the books I&amp;#x27;m interested in. Perhaps there are some who would admonish me for sticking &lt;i&gt;almost&lt;/i&gt; exclusively to eBooks, or for my laser focus on What I Want rather than other available options. Whatever, let them. The point is that time and convenience are worth money to me, and many others.&lt;p&gt;If my Library let me donate $120 to them annually with the ability to borrow from an eBook collection of 500,000+ without having to go to a local branch or waiting for someone to &amp;quot;return&amp;quot; the digital file then I&amp;#x27;d write the check tomorrow. I just get so tired of everyone on social media so smugly pointing out that libraries exist and have books you can borrow for free. Yeah, we get it, but many libraries don&amp;#x27;t provide the service I&amp;#x27;m (and others, it seems) looking for. I have the means to be flexible in my selection of service&amp;#x2F;product providers, and I choose to spend money on those that match my habits and preferences.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon leaks Kindle Unlimited</title><url>http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A6jL66Zad7zIJ%3Awww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fkindle%2Fku%2Fsign-up%2Fui%2Frw%2Fabout+&amp;cd=1&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wgeorgecook</author><text>I was thinking this sounds strangely like a library card you pay $120 a year for.</text></item><item><author>JunkDNA</author><text>Lots of people in this thread are talking about this being scary for authors. When I was a kid, I got to read a ton of books any time I wanted. I got them at this place called a &amp;quot;library&amp;quot; where they let people come in and take books home with them to read for &lt;i&gt;free&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;People have always had the option to read books without buying them. In those days, going to the library was effectively the same effort as going to a book store. In fact, it was more convenient for my family. We happened to live a few blocks from the library and didn&amp;#x27;t need to drive across town to the mall to get books in dingy little B. Dalton bookstore.&lt;p&gt;I will grant that the economics in the eBook situation are dramatically different than with physical books, but I really wonder how different they really are. Local libraries already lend ebooks as well. I&amp;#x27;m not sure why more people don&amp;#x27;t take advantage of that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a digital nomad with no fixed address (currently staying with my brother in IL, soon on to Florida to live with family down there).&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t get a library card, because I don&amp;#x27;t have mail show up at any residence I stay at. $120 for all I can eat books? Take My Money.</text></comment>