Amazon renames Kindle Unlimited to Kindle Plus with expanded audiobooks

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 19:20 · Archive

Amazon has renamed its Kindle Unlimited subscription service to Kindle Plus and expanded its audiobook library.

Amazon has renamed Kindle Unlimited to Kindle Plus, continuing what The Verge describes as the 'plus-ification of subscription services'. The rebrand brings the same subscription cost of $11.99 monthly (though Engadget reports $12), with access to millions of ebooks, comics and magazines from the Kindle catalog.

The main change is expanded audiobook access. Kindle Plus will now include thousands of audiobooks at no extra cost, including 'virtual voice' audiobooks narrated by artificial intelligence. Authors using Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform can make their audiobooks available to subscribers, either by uploading traditionally produced versions or by enrolling in the AI narration service. For authors preferring human narrators, audiobooks created through Audible's Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) marketplace will also be available through Kindle Plus, initially for US subscribers.

Users can switch between reading and listening where they left off, according to The Verge. The service remains separate from Amazon Prime and maintains the existing 20-title borrowing limit with no return dates. Amazon plans to expand audiobook availability to additional markets beyond the US over time.

How it is being reported

• Amazon rebrands Kindle Unlimited to Kindle+The service still offers a library of books, magazines and comics, and now includes a larger selection of audiobooks.Engadget · 22 Oct, 19:10
• Amazon renames Kindle Unlimited to Kindle Plus and expands access to audiobooksThe plus-ification of subscription services continues unabated with Amazon becoming the latest company to follow suit with a Kindle Unlimited rebrand. The subscription service is now known as Kindle Plus but will continue to offer unlimited access to a select collection of ebooks, comics, and magazines from the Kindle catalog for $11.99 per month. Thousands […]The Verge · 22 Oct, 18:46

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