The Amazon Empire - Take advantage of these services for great content

The FREE Kindle App (always free for life)

There are several different ways to consume content amazon offers to its customers and one of the best options is using the FREE Kindle app. This app can be used on your PC, a smartphone (various operating systems), a tablet and creates an opportunity for you to read eBooks on any device without having to own an eReader such as Amazon Kindle itself. 

Download FREE Kindle app
What does the FREE Kindle app offer?
  • The ability to read Kindle books with no Kindle device so that you can take advantage of the often much cheeper kindle versions of books (some are even free) compared to the print versions and also so that you can read them from any of your devices.
  • Access to any and all of your kindle books in the library at any time so that you can stop reading and start reading any time you are free.
  • The kindle app using Whispersync technology is actually capable of syncing the furthest page read, your notes and bookmarks across different devices. 
  • Access to a dictionary and wikipedia while you are reading so that you can define any word you may not know.
  • Download the FREE kindle app now, you have nothing to lose, it is completely free :-)

Amazon Kindle Unlimited 30 Day FREE Trial

Whether you have your own Kindle eReader or once you download the FREE kindle app, you will likely want to gain access to more than just the few free titles. In my opinion, Kindle Unlimited is the best deal out there for anyone who reads a lot of books or wants to skim a lot of books for work or other purposes. You get access to unlimited reading of over 1 million ebooks and unlimited listening to thousands of audiobooks. You also get to read on any device that has the kindle app on it. 

Start Kindle Unlimited FREE 30 Day Trial
You can try kindle unlimited risk free for 30 days and cancel any time. If you are happy with your service, you can continue after the first 30 days in a paid membership that is $9.99/month. If you read more than two books a month, this is still the cheapest way to get to your books other than renting them from a library.

Amazon Prime 30 Day FREE Trial 

Ok, so we started with a completely free for life app with no strings attached and then a program that allows you to read unlimited number of books using your app. Now, I will try to convince you to at least try the 30 Day FREE Trial of Amazon Prime. Why should you sign up for Amazon Prime? You can binge watch Amazon Original Shows such as Mozart in the Jungle or Transparent or several that were specially made for kids. I have actually canceled my cable all together and between amazon prime, HULU (great for current shows on TV) and Netflix (excellent content for kids) am never short of shows or movies to watch. However this is just the tip of the iceberg as amazon prime offers additional great benefits. 


Amazon Prime members enjoy a number of benefits such as: 
  • FREE Two-Day Shipping (with no minimum purchase price on)
  • Instant access to over 40,000 movies and TV episodes with titles for everyone
  • Members can borrow books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library
  • Members can stream ad-free music including many new releases
  • Unlimited FREE photo storage
  • Amazon Mom members enjoy the same benefits of Prime, including 20% off diaper subscriptions.
Try amazon Prime FREE for 30 Days (you can cancel any time during the first 30 days, or if you love the service, it is $99 a year or $49 a year for students), alternatively, I have heard of people signing up for subsequent free trial accounts with different information, however make sure that you understand that you will not be able to transfer any of your information from account to account in this case, however if you are primarily using it for the video streaming, this may work for you. If you are a student, make sure that you set up your FREE 30 Day Trial using the Student version here.




Audible Free Trial - Get 2 Free Books

While I sincerely believe that kindle unlimited is the cheapest way to access books, there may be reasons for some people to wish to gain greater access to audiobooks. For example if you commute long distance or have a vision impairment, you might be particularly interested in the audible 30-day FREE trial or even a paid membership. Audible has the world’s largest selection of digital audiobooks and spoken word content, including a wide range of genres.

Try audible FREE for 30 Days

Audible FREE Trial benefits:
  • Get two free audiobooks to start -- after 30 days, get 1 book each month for $14.95/month
  • Get 30% off the price of additional audiobook purchases
  • Cancel anytime. Your books are yours to keep, even if you cancel
Try Audible FREE for 30 days. Remember you can cancel anytime and keep your 2 FREE books or continue with the membership if you love it, for $14.95 a month.

Other offers from Amazon:

There are many other services amazon offers that you may be interested in, but the ones above are perhaps the most interesting for most. To learn more about the following services and what they have to offer, please click the links below.
  • Amazon Family - 20% off diapers, exclusive coupons and deals from amazon family, exclusive baby registry benefits + all other prime membership benefits
  • Amazon Prime as a gift - Don't know what to get someone for their birthday or graduation? Gifting amazon prime might just make you the most favorite aunt or uncle on the block.
  • Amazon Prime Music - tired of all the commercials pandora and slacker play? Try Amazon prime music and get access to free two day shipping and so much more!
  • Amazon Wedding Registry - get 10% off, create a registry pooling items from different stores into one place
  • Amazon Baby Registry - discounts , extended returns, pool items from different websites into one registry
  • Buy a cell phone through amazon - get great prices and a huge selection with free 2-day shipping. You can get plans using all major cell phone carriers like AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.


I sincerely hope you will find some of these helpful. I have personally had amazon prime for several years now and love it. Someone in my family is constantly listening to the music, the ability to share photos among different users is excellent and movie nights have never been easier. We have even started ordering food from the Amazon Pantry thanks to the Free two-day shipping and I am realizing we are using amazon more and more based on all the additional services they continue to add to the membership. Please let me know your experiences in the comments section, I would love to hear how you all use these services.

Date Posted: 3/6/2016
Author: Anna McNab, Ph.D.


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