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Kindle First is now Amazon First Reads

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Memoir

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
by Masaji Ishikawa (Author),‎ Risa Kobayashi (Translator),‎ Martin Brown (Translator)



Children's

Don't Forget Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter Series)
by Lindsay Ward (Author)



Suspense

Only the Rain
by Randall Silvis (Author)



Historical Fiction

Daughters of the Night Sky
by Aimie K. Runyan (Author)



Literary

Halsey Street
by Naima Coster (Author)



Thriller

Pretty Girls Dancing
by Kylie Brant (Author)



Please note: Kindle Unlimited subscribers can borrow these books when they are officially released next month.
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In addition to your Amazon First Reads pick, you can get both of these for free:

AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES:
New short reads, FREE with Prime

UPDATE: It looks like these are only free to BORROW with Prime. If anyone buys these for $1.99 and they end up being free, let us know!

Crown Heights (Kindle Single)
by Colin Warner (Author),‎ Carl King (Author),‎ Holly Lorincz (Author)



The Sign of the Beast (Kindle Single)
by Joyce Carol Oates (Author)



https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/firstreads
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Kindle First UK

Here in the UK we're still 'Kindle' First, with a slightly different list and no mention of short stories.

 

[Atunah]

I might get pretty girls dancing, based on the authors reviews on other books. I'll wait a few days. I see she has another series already in KU via amazon publishing so there is no hurry. Since they all end up on KU anyway.

Wonder why they went away from the kindle first name to amazon first. Branding geared towards the amazon name? Or because they added deals for hardcovers.

 

[Ann in Arlington]

I took a quick look at them yesterday -- nothing leaped out.  I noticed the different set up of the page but didn't grasp that they'd actually changed the name. But, yeah, I guess it's because they added the hardcover option.

I'll check back in the middle of the month and see what the reviews say.

 

[Linjeakel]

Here in the UK we're still 'Kindle' First, with a slightly different list and no mention of short stories.

Am I reading the US page correctly in that the Kindle books, although available a month early as usual, are no longer free, but $1.99? If that's what's coming for us too, I doubt I'll be getting any - I struggle most months to find one I want when they're free!

 

[Ann in Arlington]

Here in the UK we're still 'Kindle' First, with a slightly different list and no mention of short stories.

Am I reading the US page correctly in that the Kindle books, although available a month early as usual, are no longer free, but $1.99? If that's what's coming for us too, I doubt I'll be getting any - I struggle most months to find one I want when they're free!

Still free for prime members, $1.99 for all others ... been that way since the start, I think.

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[Gertie Kindle]

Daughters of the Night Sky sounds interesting, but I think I'd rather read something like that as non-fiction.

 

[Ann in Arlington]

Daughters of the Night Sky sounds interesting, but I think I'd rather read something like that as non-fiction.

It did to me, too . . . but I've read a lot of 'women doing incredible things during the war' in the last year or so and I'm a bit burnt out on it. For now, anyway.

 

[Linjeakel]

Still free for prime members, $1.99 for all others ... been that way since the start, I think.

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Ah, I see. I hadn't realised that KF books were available a month early to anyone, not just Prime members. I suppose as I'm always signed in it always shows Prime prices for me on the UK site, but on the US site it showed the non Prime prices.

Still, nothing's jumping out at me this month - even for free.

 

[CegAbq]

Decided to go with "pretty girls" - not a lot of reviews - but of the ones that exist, it's pretty well rated. About to take a trip to Ireland  so it might be my plane read.

I don't know about the offer of the hardback for $9.99 or less - I'm not sure I'd want to buy a hardback DTB for something that I wasn't already in total love.

 

[Andra]

It's rare that any of their selections jump out at me - even free...

 

[marianneg]

In addition to your Amazon First Reads pick, you can get both of these for free:

AMAZON ORIGINAL STORIES:
New short reads, FREE with Prime

Crown Heights (Kindle Single)
by Colin Warner (Author),‎ Carl King (Author),‎ Holly Lorincz (Author)



The Sign of the Beast (Kindle Single)
by Joyce Carol Oates (Author)



https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/firstreads

How does this work? These have the typical Kindle Unlimited blurb under the $0.00 Kindle price, and the regular Kindle Unlimited "Read for Free" button and the "Buy Now for $1.99" button. Then there is the Prime verbiage that's new, but I'm not sure if I should just use the Buy Now button or what. If I hadn't seen this post I would have thought these were just part of the KOLL. Anybody tried this?

 

[marianneg]

Oh, and I got A River in Darkness because I'm fascinated by North Korea. This one was an instant decision for me.

 

[CS]

I went for Only the Rain.

How does this work? These have the typical Kindle Unlimited blurb under the $0.00 Kindle price, and the regular Kindle Unlimited "Read for Free" button and the "Buy Now for $1.99" button. Then there is the Prime verbiage that's new, but I'm not sure if I should just use the Buy Now button or what. If I hadn't seen this post I would have thought these were just part of the KOLL. Anybody tried this?

This is confusing to me too. It looks like it's only free to BORROW with Prime. If any Prime member here buys these for $1.99 and they end up being free, let us know. Until then, I'm going to adjust the OP.

 

[Ann in Arlington]

I went for Only the Rain.

This is confusing to me too. It looks like it's only free to BORROW with Prime. If any Prime member here buys these for $1.99 and they end up being free, let us know. Until then, I'm going to adjust the OP.

For Amazon First books . . . ONE of them is free for Prime members. Non-Prime customers can get it for $1.99 before it's officially released. None of these books will be officially published until the first of the next month.

After that, they will be in KU and probably KOLL, possibly Prime Reading.

If you've bought one and go look at the selections again, you won't see the 'free to you' button on anything because you already got one. You can pre-order another, however, and then pay full price -- usually $4 or $5 -- and you'll get it when released on the first of the next month.

The selection changes each month. Terms may be different in other stores than the US .com, or for folks who are buying from .com but not in the US.

 

[marianneg]

I went for Only the Rain.

This is confusing to me too. It looks like it's only free to BORROW with Prime. If any Prime member here buys these for $1.99 and they end up being free, let us know. Until then, I'm going to adjust the OP.

Ok, I checked this again. They no longer (as of 12/25 ~4:30pm CST) have the Kindle Unlimited logo, just Prime. It looks like they are part of the Prime Reading program, which I had not really looked at before. I clicked the "Read for Free" button and now have them in my Prime Reading library. The product page shows that I have borrowed them, not purchased.

 

[Imortalone]

Updated my 2017 history book series.