Kindle Unlimited, and why Elley Otter is a great friend to have, but is also evil.
Kindle Unlimited. It's an excellent invention for binge readers, especially those who like romances and zombie novels. (I.e. yours truly.) The deal is: for 10 bucks a month (or slightly less if you buy a yearly subscription) you have access to over one million titles for free. You can "check out" ten at a time, and keep on going until your eyeballs pop out. Sounds awesome. And it IS rather awesome. Will it have all the hot new releases you want to get your mitts on? No, probably not. It may have last year's though! What it does have is a lot of those slightly less well known romance authors whose stuff you may not be able to get through your local library. Ditto the science fiction/apocalypse authors. (For instance, I got this beauty to read, and they have the whole series on KU.) Does it look like an enormous waterbear trying to eat a ship to you too? The whole damn series is like this. I'm so excited!! Money is usually a bit tight for me, which is why I ...