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• Nick says:

  11 Apr11 April 05:20

  Can you also immediately cancel audible and still retain access for 3 months? (I know this works for kindle unlimited)

  • Tom says:

    11 Apr11 April 05:34

    Yes

    • BJ says:

      11 Apr11 April 06:41

      Just take care though, I recently cancelled a free prime trial and for the first time ever my benefits (as amazon likes to call them) ended immediately. Apparently there are two routes to cancel, one which has immediate effect and one which allows you to retain the benefits to the end of the trial period. I’m not sure if this now applies to music, audibles and kindle too so just read the multiple cancellation steps carefully before triggering them.

• David Corbett says:

  11 Apr11 April 07:18

  Hi,

  Applied for Amazon Musoc via your link and I have been charged!

  • David Corbett says:

    11 Apr11 April 07:58

    Hi,

    I see from the original article that you didn’t have the line about if you’ve had a trial within 18 months (which I have) you wouldn’t be eligible. You have now added it today. Maybe try and he a bit less slipshod before you publish in future!

    • Rob says:

      11 Apr11 April 08:35

      The T&Cs are clearly on the landing page for the offer. Although you shouldn’t have been shown the offer by Amazon if you didn’t qualify. Actually I’ve just noticed that they’ve changed it and it is now ‘no free trial ever in the past’.

    • Dave says:

      11 Apr11 April 10:40

      Maybe you should read what you’re signing up to rather than blaming Rob!

• Anna says:

  11 Apr11 April 07:23

  Kindle Unlimited is usually a 3 month trial! I’ve kept it on as I am a voracious reader, especially just now. You need to be careful though as it can be quite difficult to find the books which are included and Amazon is quite sneaky about trying to direct you to material which still has to be paid for.

  • Fenny says:

    11 Apr11 April 10:07

    Amazon are also very sneaky in how little they pay authors for books read via Kindle Unlimited. My author friends are tied into deals and get minimal payments for KU reads.

    • Rob says:

      11 Apr11 April 10:17

      I am a bit dubious about where all the streaming cash goes. I know youngsters may listen to 500 tracks per month. However, I reckon we play 100 songs per month max on Amazon Music which means 8p per listen. Artists are complaining they are getting around 0.5p per stream. Is Amazon pocketing £7.50 of my £8 fee?

      • Concerto says:

        11 Apr11 April 11:39

        It’s a big issue in my domain. Luckily, my performing rights society, SUISA in Switzerland, is quite on the ball with this. It has the time to chase up payments, presumably because it is quite a small society (compared to the PRS).

      • John says:

        11 Apr11 April 13:01

        £0.05 per steam? Don’t think any artist has ever claimed to get that much, Rob!

        Last published figure for Amazon was $0.012 for both free and paid streams, and that’s thought to be the highest rate of any company.

        Taylor Swift campaigned successfully for all major streaming services to pay her for her music consumed during free trials, and I think that use of commercial leverage means all other artists benefit as well.

        But, realistically, the only way to make money from music in recent years, has been through touring/merchandise sales.

        Corona must be devastating this business model, and not sure government support schemes will be sufficiently tailored to ensure many musicians make it through to vaccine protected audiences (2021?).

        • Peter K says:

          11 Apr11 April 14:29

          Rob said £0.005p a stream…

      • Fenny says:

        11 Apr11 April 22:19

        For authors who are published by Amazon, they don’t get a choice about whether their books go on KU, where the books may as well be given away. At least if they are with other publishers, they get more say in the matter. Most would prefer their books to be bought by libraries, who pay for an actual copy before letting people read it.

      • Joe says:

        11 Apr11 April 22:39

        From https://qz.com/1660465/the-way-spotify-and-apple-music-pays-artists-isnt-fair/ (I assume Amazon is the same):

        “The way Spotify and Apple Music pay artists is simple. They take all of the money generated from users, whether by advertisements or subscriptions, and put in a big pot. They then divide that pot by the total share of streams each artist received.”

        So basically your subscription mainly goes to artists other people stream…

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  11 Apr11 April 08:12

  Amazon Prime Now is also now free delivery on orders over £15 (previously £40 I think) – you can’t mix and match between Amazon/Whole Foods/Morrisons though on the same order.

• Titus Adduxas says:

  11 Apr11 April 10:01

  Testing testing

• S says:

  11 Apr11 April 11:20

  Just as an FYI, your gravatar will show up in any number of different places on the web where it is implemented, i.e. it’s not restricted to Wordpress comment sections

  • Genghis says:

    11 Apr11 April 11:47

    Curve customer service emails for example.

• Concerto says:

  11 Apr11 April 11:43

  For those of you who are Miles & More members, free newspapers and magazines are being offered through their app. Obviously there are lots of German titles, but there are some English ones too.

  • Don says:

    11 Apr11 April 13:31

    They’re not “free”. What’s free is the ones that are always free. If you try anything that has a cover price it asks you to pay.

    Nothing is free with LH Group

  • Sunguy says:

    11 Apr11 April 17:13

    My local library has a fantastic subscription service all for free for Library users – there are a few out there – but my library service gives access to PressReader…..1000s of titles in many languages – all for free because I happen to enjoy books too!

    If you aren’t a supporter of your local library service, a number councils are allowing you to signup to get a subscriber number and online password remotely…..its always worthwhile seeing what your library offers!

• William Kerr says:

  11 Apr11 April 12:24

  testing my gravatar/wordpress avatar…

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