These Terms are between the member and Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates, which the document calls "Amazon.com", "We" or "Us". They set out the parties' respective rights and obligations for the Kindle Unlimited membership. The page states it was last updated November 19, 2024.
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These Terms are between you and Amazon.com Services LLC and/or its affiliates
govern our respective rights and obligations
Last updated: November 19, 2024
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The party may be Amazon.com Services LLC, its affiliates, or both ("and/or").
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The text does not say which affiliates may be the contracting party or when an affiliate rather than Amazon.com Services LLC applies.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms
Using the Amazon.com website and holding a Kindle Unlimited membership are also governed by four listed agreements (the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, the Amazon.com Privacy Notice, the Kindle Store Terms of Use and the Audible Service Conditions of Use) and by all other applicable terms, conditions, limitations and requirements on the Amazon.com website. The text says all of these, as they change over time, are incorporated into these Terms.
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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
Amazon.com Conditions of Use
Amazon.com Privacy Notice
Kindle Store Terms of Use
Audible Service Conditions of Use
Qualifications & exceptions
The incorporated documents apply as they change over time, so the version in force is not fixed by this text.
The Audible Service Conditions of Use is hosted on audible.com rather than amazon.com.
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The text of the four linked agreements was not supplied to this analysis and is not explained here.
"All other applicable terms" on the website is open-ended and not itemized.
This document does not say which agreement controls if two conflict.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice
Under the Agreement Changes section, Amazon may in its discretion change these Terms, the Kindle Store Terms of Use, the Audible Service Conditions of Use, the Amazon.com Conditions of Use and the Amazon.com Privacy Notice. It may also change, suspend or discontinue the Kindle Unlimited membership or any aspect of it. All of this may be done without notice to you.
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We may in our discretion change these Terms
or change, suspend, or discontinue the Kindle Unlimited membership or any aspect of it, without notice to you.
Agreement Changes
Amazon.com Privacy Notice
Kindle Store Terms of Use
Qualifications & exceptions
The fee-change section separately promises advance notice of a fee change; this section gives no notice for other changes.
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The text does not say how members will learn of a change or whether any notice period applies.
It is unclear how the no-notice right fits with the advance notice promised for fee changes.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
An invalid change does not affect the other changes
If a 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.
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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.
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The text does not say who decides whether a change is invalid.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Continuing the membership after a change counts as accepting it
Your continued membership after Amazon changes these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to any changes, you must cancel your membership.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Because changes may be made without notice, acceptance can follow a change the member was not told about.
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The text does not say how soon the member must cancel after a change.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Not enforcing the Terms strictly does not waive Amazon's rights
Amazon's failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with these Terms does not constitute a waiver of any of its rights.
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Our failure to insist upon or enforce your strict compliance with these Terms will not constitute a waiver of any of our rights.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Disputes follow the Amazon.com Conditions of Use
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. This document itself does not set out how disputes are handled.
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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
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The Amazon.com Conditions of Use text was not supplied, so how disputes are resolved, which law governs and what is disclaimed are not explained here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Amazon's total liability is capped at twelve months of fees
Without limiting the disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use, Amazon's total liability under these Terms will not exceed the total membership fees you paid in the twelve months before the claim.
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Without limiting the disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability in the
our total liability under these Terms will not exceed the total membership fees you paid in the twelve months prior to the claim.
Qualifications & exceptions
The cap works alongside the limits in the Conditions of Use rather than replacing them.
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The Conditions of Use limits were not supplied.
The text does not say which kinds of loss or claims the cap covers or excludes.
Cross-references
related (model-proposed): Disputes follow the Amazon.com Conditions of Use — references: The liability cap is stated without limiting the disclaimer and limitation of liability in the Conditions of Use that the disputes card points to.