LB Thomas (HAS MOVED)Jan 20, 2025

I’ve cancelled my Kindle Unlimited subscription, because... well, Jeff Bezos.

You are on Mastodon, instead of Facebook or X, so you already know- we have options:

Kindle Unlimited has always irked me. Especially the exclusivity requirement for authors. It feels like the strong-arm tactic of a monopoly.

And now with many of the nation's billionaires showing off their oligarchic tendencies...

I've switched to Kobo Plus.

Now I don't feel as guilt for forcing authors into a corner. While KU may have more books, they both have millions to choose from. If a book isn't under KU, it is more than likely available on Kobo Plus (audiobooks too)!

#KoboPlus #KU #KindleUnlimited #Amazon #Alternatives @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon

Show threadT Y BeaulieuJan 20, 2025
@leethomas @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon
Do you have a library card, download books and movies
Show threadReayJan 20, 2025
@TYB @leethomas @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon The library angle was largely what pushed me toward switching to Kobo some years ago. Kindle doesn’t play nicely with libraries so I can’t get anything borrowed in that format but I can with Kobo?
Sold.
(And I would’ve changed over since then anyway because, yeah, Bezos and the KU meat grinder.)
Show threadBubbamikeJan 20, 2025
@reay you can get library loans on your Kindle but you do it through Libby.
Show threadReayJan 20, 2025
@bubbamike You may well be right for places outside Toronto, Canada. I contacted our library's main help line to ask how to get books for my Kindle and was bluntly told that Amazon doesn't allow (our?) libraries to use their ebook format for loaning books out, so they simply weren't available.
Show threadBubbamike
@reay yes, Canada is a different story. I don't know why. Sorry if I mislead you.
Jan 22, 2025 at 3:02amWeb
Show threadReayJan 22, 2025
@bubbamike Not at all.