Very seldom do we ever recommend things you have to pay for, but today we’re making an exception for a couple of reasons:
1. If you read several books or more a month this is a good deal
2. There are no free services available that give you such a huge selections of books – including best sellers
If you read several books a month or more, you probably spend more than $8.99 a month on books. Paperbacks sell for $6 and up and new hardcover books sell for $25 and up – at least here in our neck of the woods. We’re testing a service (so far, so good!) where you can download and read unlimited books, including new books and bestsellers for around $9 a month – or about the price of one paperback and a cheap cup of coffee. Maybe this sounds so good to us because we sometimes read six or seven books a month. Do the math. Even if we bought digital books on sale at Amazon for $2.99 we’d be spending at least $18 a month at that rate — and new books and best sellers are more than $2.99.
We could wax on forever about our love for books, and we know many of you love books too; that’s why we’re featuring something today that is not free, but well worth the price – if you love to read, that is.
Let’s not beat around the bush anymore. We think it’s worth the price for what you get; we hope you agree! Here’s some tidbit from Scribd:
Scribd is your card to an online library with no due dates or late fees.
- Instant access to over 500,000 books from 900+ publishers
- Beautiful, customizable reading experience
- Discover more with our personalized recommendations & editor’s picks
- No wait and no limits — read what you want, when you want
- Compatible with Apple, Android, Kindle Fire or browser
- Share your favorites and personal collections with friends
- Millions of user-contributed documents and written works
START YOUR FREE TRIAL
$8.99/month after your trial ends.
No commitment.
You can get free one-month trial to test the waters and see if you think it’s worth the money to you. If you like it, it will cost you $8.99 per month but there are no commitments – you can cancel at any time.
If you like to read and spend more than $8.99 each month on books, then you really should take Scribd for a test drive soon. You can read the books on your Kindle, Android, or Apple device, or on your Windows computer via your favorite browsers.
You may find Scribd opens up an even bigger more expansive world of books for you. Visit Scribd right now and browse through the huge collection of books they have available.
PS: We don’t make a penny from Scribd. We’re not an affiliate. We’re not a partner. We just love to read and for us, this is s great deal.
I’m from Canada, so where is Kobo mentioned
I don’t even know what Kobo is or how it relates to this article.
Love, love, love to read! I have both a Kindle reader and a Nook, and many times start a book on one while I’m still reading something else on the other. The saying is so true, ‘So many good books, so little time!’ Thanks for this great tip; I have checked it out and will subscribe!
I read about two books a week. I pick them up at my local library, less than a mile away.
I have extremely good selection, ability to reserve any book, and 24 hr return.
Costs me $0.
Just beware of www,funtin.com. I was searching for a book on Methods and Materials of Painting at a free e-books site when a new page popped up, the Funtin page which required me to provide my Credit card details as I thought, in case they could not find an ebook and would have to post me a hard copy. Imagine my surprise when my credit card was debited with$23.95 as it seemed I had subscribed to a membership scheme at $23.95 per month. The do not have an email address where you can write to them, just a reply comment area, which I used to complain to them. They sent me an email claiming they would refund me my $23.95, but the next month there was another $23.95 charge on my card, with a partial refund. To whom can I complain about this robbery? I received absolutely NO benefit from the money that was obtained from my account.