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Kindle Unlimited Terms of Use
Last updated: November 19, 2024
- Who the Terms are between, and their date Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Welcome to the terms of use (“Terms”) for Kindle Unlimited. These Terms are between you and Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates (“Amazon.com”, “We” or “Us”) and govern our respective rights and obligations. Please note that your use of the Amazon.com website and your Kindle Unlimited membership are also governed by the agreements listed and linked to below, as well as all other applicable terms, conditions, limitations, and requirements on the Amazon.com website, all of which (as changed over time) are incorporated into these Terms. If you sign up for a Kindle Unlimited membership, you accept these terms, conditions, limitations and requirements on behalf of yourself and all members of your household and others who use Kindle Unlimited under your account.
- Who the Terms are between, and their date Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Signing up binds your household and others using your account Account & Service Control
- [Amazon.com Conditions of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=508088)
- Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- [Amazon.com Privacy Notice](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496)
- Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- [Kindle Store Terms of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201014950)
- Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- [Audible Service Conditions of Use](https://www.audible.com/conditions-of-use#link1)
- Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
The Program
As a member of Kindle Unlimited, you may read Kindle books and listen to Audible audiobooks from a designated list of titles an unlimited number of times for so long as you are a member of the program. From time to time, we may add or remove titles from the program and we make no guarantee as to the availability of specific titles or the minimum number of titles available. If you are located outside of the United States, the program may not be available to you. If your membership ends, you will no longer have access to the titles you selected from the program.
- Members may read and listen to listed titles without a use limit Content & IP Rights
- Amazon can add or remove titles and promises no particular titles Content & IP Rights
- The program may not be available outside the United States Account & Service Control
- Access to selected titles ends when the membership ends Content & IP Rights
Fees and Renewal
The membership fees for Kindle Unlimited are stated in our [Help pages](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?language=en_US&nodeId=GTQEND3RFAFNLKU5). From time to time, we may offer different membership terms, and the fees for such membership may vary. Membership fees may be subject to tax and are non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.
- Fees are set in Help pages, may include tax and are non-refundable with express exceptions Charges & Financial Obligations
- A prorated refund follows termination, except for conduct Amazon decides is a violation Charges & Financial Obligations
If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through us and are billed directly by us, then the billing terms described below will apply to your membership:
- Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically Charges & Financial Obligations
- Unless you notify us before a charge that you want to cancel or do not want to auto renew, you understand your Kindle Unlimited membership will automatically continue and you authorize us (without notice to you, unless required by applicable law) to collect the then-applicable membership fees and any taxes, using any payment method we have on record for you.
- Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically Charges & Financial Obligations
- If all payment methods we have on file for you are declined for payment of your membership fees, your membership will be cancelled unless you provide us with a new payment method. If you provide us with a new payment method and are successfully charged before your membership is cancelled, your new membership period will be based on the original renewal date and not the date of the successful charge.
- If every payment method is declined the membership is cancelled Charges & Financial Obligations
If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through a third party and are not billed directly by us, then the billing terms provided by that third party will apply to your membership.
- Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically Charges & Financial Obligations
- Memberships bought through a third party follow that party's billing and cancellation terms Charges & Financial Obligations
We may change the Kindle Unlimited membership fee from time to time by notifying you of the change and effective date before it takes effect. At any time before a membership fee change takes effect, you may reject the change by cancelling your membership at no additional cost in accordance with the Membership Cancellation section below.
- Fee changes need advance notice and can be rejected by cancelling Charges & Financial Obligations
From time to time we may also offer non-recurring memberships. The provisions in this section regarding automatic renewal are not applicable to those memberships.
- Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically Charges & Financial Obligations
- Non-recurring memberships are outside the automatic renewal rules Charges & Financial Obligations
Membership Cancellation
If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through us and are billed directly by us, you may cancel your membership by visiting https://www.amazon.com/kucentral, clicking the 'Cancel Membership' button and following the instructions on your screen, or by contacting our Customer Service team. If you cancel your membership, (i) you will not receive a refund of any membership fees already paid, and (ii) you will continue to have access to your membership benefits until the end of your subscription period. If you cancel your membership before the renewal date, you will not be charged for the next subscription period. When your membership is cancelled, the titles you have selected from the program will be removed from your account, devices, and applications.
- Fees are set in Help pages, may include tax and are non-refundable with express exceptions Charges & Financial Obligations
- How to cancel a membership billed by Amazon Account & Service Control
- What happens when you cancel Charges & Financial Obligations
- A prorated refund follows termination, except for conduct Amazon decides is a violation Charges & Financial Obligations
If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through a third party, you may need to contact the third party to cancel your membership or receive any refund under that third party’s applicable policies.
- Memberships bought through a third party follow that party's billing and cancellation terms Charges & Financial Obligations
Restrictions
We reserve the right to accept or refuse membership in our discretion. You may not transfer or assign your membership or any Kindle Unlimited benefits. We may take reasonable actions necessary to prevent fraud, including placing restrictions on the number of titles that can be accessed from the program at any one time.
- Amazon may accept or refuse membership at its discretion Account & Service Control
- Memberships and benefits cannot be transferred or assigned Account & Service Control
- Amazon may restrict access to prevent fraud Security & Safeguards
Promotional Trial Memberships
We sometimes offer certain customers various trial or other promotional memberships, which are subject to these Terms except as otherwise stated in the promotional offers. Trial members may at any time (through https://www.amazon.com/kucentral) choose not to continue to paid membership at the end of the trial period.
- Trial and promotional memberships follow these Terms unless the offer says otherwise Charges & Financial Obligations
Agreement Changes
- Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
We may in our discretion change these Terms, the [Kindle Store Terms of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201014950), [Audible Service Conditions of Use](https://www.audible.com/conditions-of-use#link1), [Amazon.com Conditions of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=508088) and [Amazon.com Privacy Notice](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496), or change, suspend, or discontinue the Kindle Unlimited membership or any aspect of it, without notice to you. If any change to these Terms is found invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that change is severable and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining changes or conditions. Your continued membership after we change these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to any changes, you must cancel your membership.
- Fee changes need advance notice and can be rejected by cancelling Charges & Financial Obligations
- Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- An invalid change does not affect the other changes Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Continuing the membership after a change counts as accepting it Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Termination by Us
We may terminate your membership at our discretion without notice. If we do so, we will give you a prorated refund based on the number days remaining in your membership. However, we will not give any refund for termination related to conduct that we determine, in our discretion, violates these Terms or any applicable law, involves fraud or misuse of the membership, or is harmful to our interests or another user. Our failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights.
- Fees are set in Help pages, may include tax and are non-refundable with express exceptions Charges & Financial Obligations
- Amazon may terminate a membership at its discretion without notice Account & Service Control
- A prorated refund follows termination, except for conduct Amazon decides is a violation Charges & Financial Obligations
- Not enforcing the Terms strictly does not waive Amazon's rights Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Disputes; Limitation of Liability
Any dispute or claim arising from or relating to these Terms or your membership is subject to the dispute resolution, governing law, disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability and all other terms in the [Amazon.com Conditions of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=508088). Without limiting the disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability in the [Amazon.com Conditions of Use](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=508088), our total liability under these Terms will not exceed the total membership fees you paid in the twelve months prior to the claim.
- Disputes follow the Amazon.com Conditions of Use Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Amazon's total liability is capped at twelve months of fees Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
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