Amazon Prime offers a wide range of benefits for its prime members. You get Prime video, Prime music, prime reading, prime gaming, prime shipping benefits, Prime deals & offers, credit card rewards, and many more with just one prime subscription.
In this article, you will get to know all about prime reading. Through Prime reading, all Amazon Prime subscribers can get access to hundreds of eBooks, magazines at no additional cost. It’s nothing but an online library where you can download eBooks or read online.
How to get access to prime reading?
All you have to do is to get a prime subscription. With $12.99 a month or $119 a year, you can enjoy prime reading along with other benefits. Follow the steps below,
For new customers:
- Open Amazon.in
- Create an account with your email or mobile number.
- Get a Prime subscription.
- Enjoy prime benefits.
For existing customers:
- Sign in with your credentials
- Go to the prime reading section.
- Start browsing your favorite titles.
Apps/devices that support prime reading
Both kindle and kindle fire support prime reading. If you don’t want to buy these devices you can go with the kindle which is available for android and iOS. The kindle app is also compatible with Windows PC Mac and iOS devices like iPad and iPhones.
Read online without kindle apps/devices
Without apps/devices, you can read a book for free with a kindle cloud reader. There is no need to borrow or download anything. You can just read online.
Steps:
1. Browse your favorite title.
2. Click on it, you will find an option “Read now”.
3. Start reading online with a kindle cloud reader.
How to add books to kindle apps/devices?
- open www.amazon.com/prime reading
- Open your favorite title. Select it.
- There you will find something “Read for free”. Click on it.
- Your title will get delivered to your reading space. (Kindle app/devices)
How many books can be borrowed at a time?
A maximum of 10 titles can be borrowed at a time. If you want to borrow after exceeding the maximum limit, you have to return one and get access to an additional title.
Book genres on prime reading
It offers a wide variety of genres: friction, non-friction, comics, biographies, memoirs, romance, literature, classics, fantasy, eBooks in Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and many more. All you have to do is to browse, download, binge read.
Audiobooks on prime reading
Prime reading also offers audiobooks for just 0.027$ a month for Prime members. You can listen while you are doing household chores, gardening, traveling. Audiobooks save your time, effective way to complete a book, improve listening skills. You can also increase speed (1.5x or 2x) according to your convenience with which you can complete your book fastly.
Amazon first-reads
Prime also offers a classic benefit for prime members: First reads.
Through this prime members can download one book each month from six editor’s picks. These books are available to Prime members before they are released to the public.
Other features on prime reading
There are many sections in it that will guide you to take the right book. Under the newly added section, you will see new books which are added to the catalog recently. With this, you will be up to date with all new books. There are also tags like bestsellers added to certain books which will help you to choose top-ranked books. You will also get recommendations according to your previous picks.
Sometimes we will be in a dilemma whether this book will be worth reading or not. At times reviews and ratings come into action. All you have to do is to go through the book ratings and read some reviews on that particular book. Boom! You will be able to decide whether to read it or not. In prime reading, books have global ratings that will help you in choosing the right book.
After completion of the book, you can also share your experience under the review section and can give ratings.
FAQs
- Which is better prime reading or kindle unlimited?
Ans. If you are a bookaholic then kindle unlimited is best because it gives you access to over 1,000,000 titles. If you are an occasional reader then go for a prime subscription where you can enjoy other prime benefits along with it.
- Do prime reading books expire?
Ans. No, books in it do not have an expiry date. You will lose access only if your prime subscription expires or if you cancel your subscription.
- How much does it cost for prime members to get access to eBooks in prime reading?
Ans. you don’t have to pay anything additionally. With just a prime subscription you will get access to hundreds of eBooks for free.
