Kindle Unlimited Terms of Use

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Who the Terms are between, and their date

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

Qualifications & exceptions

• The party may be Amazon.com Services LLC, its affiliates, or both ("and/or").

Not stated here

• 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.

Not stated here

• 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.

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• qualified by (model-proposed): Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice — The incorporated agreements apply as changed over time, and Amazon may change them in its discretion without notice.

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.

Not stated here

• 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.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Four linked agreements and other site terms are part of these Terms — The incorporated agreements apply as changed over time, and Amazon may change them in its discretion without notice.
• contrast (model-proposed): Fee changes need advance notice and can be rejected by cancelling — Fee changes are promised advance notice with a right to reject by cancelling, while the Agreement Changes section allows changes to the membership or any aspect of it without notice. The text does not reconcile the two.
• qualified by (model-proposed): Continuing the membership after a change counts as accepting it — Continued membership after a change counts as acceptance of that change, which matters because the change right can be used without notice.

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.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how soon the member must cancel after a change.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Amazon can change these Terms, four linked agreements and the membership without notice — Continued membership after a change counts as acceptance of that change, which matters because the change right can be used without notice.

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

Not stated here

• 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.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): Amazon's total liability is capped at twelve months of fees — The liability cap is stated without limiting the disclaimer and limitation of liability in the Conditions of Use that the disputes card points to.

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.

Not stated here

• 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

• refers to (model-proposed): Disputes follow the Amazon.com Conditions of Use — The liability cap is stated without limiting the disclaimer and limitation of liability in the Conditions of Use that the disputes card points to.