October Prime Day came early — Here’s how to get free Kindle Unlimited for 3 months

Earlier today, Amazon announced the return of its October Prime Day event, Prime Big Deal Days.

Running Oct. 6 and 7, Prime Big Deal Days will offer shoppers deep discounts on everything from tech and home to beauty and wellness must-haves.

The deals don’t wait for Oct. 6, though; early deals are already live sitewide, and some of the best ones available aren’t even for physical products.

Making a return again this year ahead of Prime Big Deal Days is an offer on Kindle Unlimited that’s too good to pass up.

Right now, Prime members can get three months of Amazon’s Kindle subscription for free. The subscription is normally priced at $11.99/month, so this is a deal worth taking advantage of if you ask us.

Most Prime Day deals, including the Audible deal and this Kindle Unlimited offer, are only for Amazon Prime subscribers, so you might as well subscribe right now if you haven’t already.

A Prime membership costs $14.99/month or $139/year after a 30-day free trial, but if you’re between the ages of 18 and 24, you can take advantage of a six-month free trial of Prime for Young Adults.

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Kindle Unlimited’s library is made up of over four million titles, per Amazon.

Kindle Unlimited’s catalog changes often, and once you borrow a book, it stays in your library until you return it — even if that book is no longer available to borrow on Kindle Unlimited. We recommend borrowing books as soon as you see them, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away, because you never know when they might disappear from the service.

The Post’s Commerce Senior Manager of Growth Adam Schubak swears by KU, calling it “one subscription I will gladly pay for every month now.”

“I have historically preferred physical books over e-books, but my experience reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series through Kindle Unlimited changed my tune,” he said. “With eight books currently available and long waitlists for library rentals, I saved a lot of time, money and shelf space by conquering the series with Kindle Unlimited.”

How does Kindle Unlimited work?

Kindle Unlimited is a subscription-based service from Amazon that gives readers access to over 4 million e-book titles for one low monthly price. If you read just two KU books a month, the subscription pays for itself.

Not unlike a library, subscribers can borrow up to 20 books at a time. There’s also access to select audiobooks and popular magazines. Borrowed e-books can be read on Kindle e-readers or with the Kindle app on smartphones and tablets.

What books are included in Kindle Unlimited?

Here are just a few of the books you can read for free with Kindle Unlimited.

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This article was written by Angela Tricarico, Commerce Streaming Reporter for Post Wanted Shopping, Page Six, and Decider.com. Angela keeps readers up to date with cord-cutter-friendly deals, and information on how to watch your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and movies on every streaming service. Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices, but she’s also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, and pop culture. When she’s not writing about (or watching) TV, movies, and sports, she’s also keeping up on the underrated perfume dupes at Bath & Body Works and testing headphones. Prior to joining Decider and The New York Post in 2023, she wrote about streaming and consumer tech at Insider Reviews.