Amazon brings free ebooks, comics to its Prime membership schemeOctober 5, 2016 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon has added a new perk to its $99-a-year Prime membership scheme: free comics, magazines, short stories, and ebooks, The Verge said. Announced Wednesday, October 5, Amazon Prime Reading gives U.S. customers access to "over a thousand popular books," including "The Hobbit," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone," and "The Man In the High Castle." Unlike the earlier Kindle Owner's Lending Library, these books can be read without Amazon hardware using the Kindle app on iOS and Android. It also covers magazines including National Geographic Traveler, Popular Mechanics, and Sports Illustrated, and comics such as Peanuts and Transformers. There are some good names here, but overall the selection looks limited. This is, of course, just the latest bit of added value for Amazon Prime. Although the service is primarily beneficial for its free shipping, Amazon has added its music streaming library, on-demand TV and films, photo storage, and even ad-free access to its game streaming service, Twitch. The addition of Prime Reading is similar to the service's Audible Channels perk — a free version of its full-fat Audible membership, offering a limited selection of audiobooks. Customers can upgrade to a full $14.95-a-month Audible subscription if they like, and Amazon may be hoping Prime Reading will have a similar effect, encouraging sales of its $10-a-month Kindle Unlimited service. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |