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The Rumors are True: Amazon Testing Kindle Unlimited Program

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Kindle Unlimited Cache Screen shot of the new Kindle Unlimited Subscription Service test page on Amazon.com. Amazon removed several test pages for a new “Kindle Unlimited” program from its website today.

Amazon is testing a service called “Kindle Unlimited” that would give subscribers unlimited access to both e-books and audiobooks for $9.99 a month.

Gigaom reported today (though Amazon will neither confirm nor deny it) that the e-commerce giant posted several test pages for the service on its site today, then quickly pulled them down.

If the “KU Test” books on Amazon’s site today are included in Amazon’s new subscription service, Amazon will wind up as the largest eBook subscription service in the world. Rival Sribd has 400,000 titles, Oyster has 500,000. Both Scribd and Oyster, however, have contracts with major publishers like HarperCollins, while Amazon has been antagonizing the “big 6” publishers lately over pricing.

According to Publisher’s Lunch, Amazon has been in…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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