Amazon has just closed this beloved feature today
After nine years, it goes well.
Today, Amazon-Propromary members probably wear something different from their reading service.Amazon has calmly closed Its Kindle Owners Loan Library (KOLL) ServiceThis allowed readers to borrow digital books. The service was slowlyeliminated by Amazon In recent months: it has been more difficult to navigate the main Amazonian site; It is no longer listed as a key advantage ofAmazon Prime membership; And the books covered by the program have not been labeled as such, screen rant rant. But from today, on January 4, 2021, he went for good.
However, Amazon assured that something new will appear instead of service. Read for complete details, and for another Timedbit, you need to know if you like shopping on Amazon, checkYou can be forbidden from Amazon to do this common thing.
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1 After almost a decade, the Kindle loan library is being killed.
Koll, a long-standing characteristic of the Kindle, launched for the first time in 2011, four years after the debut of the device. He mainly operated on the principle of the public library, making a range of titles available to be "borrowed" for free, with Amazon Prime Members entitled to a free loan per month.
While current best-sellers were generally not listed in Koll, many other beloved titles, as the whole of theHarry Potter The series have been uploaded to the library. KOLL has all covered with practical guides to books on learning musical instruments and young adult children with self-published gender fiction. Members could read their book chosen as many times as they wish, as long as they like it, but only one title at a time. And for regular updates on Amazon and more,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
2 Anyone in the middle of a book they borrowed from Koll can continue to read.
Amazon pointed out that while on January 4 is the closing date of the library, "customers can continue reading books that they had already borrowed from Koll". And for new books to wait impatiently this year, check21 things to hope in 2021.
3 The first reading service will take Koll Square.
AmazonReading service, which launched for the first time in 2016, will take the place of Koll. The good news is that it will develop on the original principle of Koll and will allow similar "loans", but up to 10 titles per month. Users should simply return a book before uploading another.
The service is also available for non-Kindle owners who haveUploaded the Kindle application on their iOS and Android devices.
4 But it has a much smaller range of titles.
The first reading library has only more than 1,000 titles. Users who want to expand the range of what is available for loan can add unlimited or audible audiobooks service to their Amazon account-however, both with additional monthly fees. And for more Amazon news, checkIf you bought this product at the Amazon House, return it now.