A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me about Kindle Unlimited.  What is it?  How does it work?  Would you recommend it?  I gave them probably more information than they wanted, as I’m a HUGE fan of Kindle Unlimited, both as a writer and a reader.  Wes got a subscription for me for Valentine’s Day, then told me to keep on renewing it after my six months were done.  All of which left me feeling kind of like this…

I was definitely into Kindle Unlimited… and even more into Wes after he did all of this.  (Smart move, Preacher.)

That said, I thought it would be worthwhile to post information about Kindle Unlimited here in case you’ve been wondering what it is and how it works.  So, what is it exactly?  Kindle Unlimited is a program where subscribers can read books for free, straight off of Amazon.  It works just like a library – you can take up to ten books at a time, read at your own pace, and return them back to Amazon to get new books.  (And you can read the same books over and over again if you want to.)  The current rate for a subscription is $9.99 a month, and you can pay for a full year, six months, or just pay as you go, month by month.  Soooo easy, from downloading the books, to returning the books, to finding new books, to paying — all of it is super simple!

Not all books offered on Amazon are a part of Kindle Unlimited, however.  Bummer, I know.  There are a whole lot of benefits for writers who allow their books into Kindle Unlimited, but being part of the library comes with some drawbacks, too.  I won’t go into all of that here because it’s boring and would take a long time to hash it all out, when all you really want to know is this… are my books on Kindle Unlimited?

Yes.  Yes, they are.  ALL of them are on Kindle Unlimited, which means you could subscribe to Kindle Unlimited for a month (I think the first month is free) and read all of my books for free.  Hey, there are thirty books and thirty days in November.  You could average a book a day!  Totally possible!

For those of you who feel bad for getting thirty books for nothing (you can do it!), I get paid for every page read.  The greater benefit, though, is that my books reach a wider audience through the program.  I know this as a reader and I see the proof of it on the writer’s end as well — you’re more likely to try a new author out through Kindle Unlimited than you are to just buy their book sight unseen.  I’ve become a fan of a lot of writers I probably never would have tried had it not been for Kindle Unlimited, like Liwen Ho, L.N. Cronk, Crystal Walton, and Jennifer Peel, just to name a few.  I know the same is true for people reading my books, because I’ve seriously gotten emails telling me that “I just read ten of your books in one month on KU!”  I love that!   

So, for those who were curious, that’s how Kindle Unlimited works.  And I’m telling you as a reader who always has something fun to read waiting for her, it’s totally worth looking into…