Kindle Unlimited FAQ
Short answers to the questions I'm getting most about the move to Kindle Unlimited. If yours isn't here, reply to any email from me and I'll get back to you.
Why is every book on Kindle Unlimited now?
Two reasons, both honest.
The first is reach. KU has more than ten million active subscribers, and a lot of them already pay for it and barely use it. Putting my whole catalog there means readers who'd never have stumbled onto llitd.com can find the books for the price they're already paying Amazon every month — which is zero additional dollars to them.
The second is that I was hosting full chapters on this site for paid members, and KDP Select's exclusivity rule meant I couldn't enroll books in KU while I was doing that. So I had a choice: keep the site as a reading destination and leave half the catalog off Kindle Unlimited forever, or pivot the site to something else and put everything in KU.
I picked the catalog. The longer write-up of how I got there is here.
I'm a paid subscriber. What happens to my subscription?
Your subscription doesn't end and your billing doesn't change. The tier itself is pivoting from "read full chapters on the site" to a set of extras that includes:
- World-building archives — lore, maps, timelines, the stuff that didn't fit in the books
- Behind-the-scenes posts — deleted scenes, alternate endings, the why-I-burned-the-draft writing notes
- Early cover reveals and ARCs before the public launch
- Character art and concept work from the OpenArt pipeline I've been feeding for a year
- Audio previews from the audiobook track
- Bonus short stories that live only on the site
Same price. Different value. I'd argue better value, but you should be the judge of that.
Do I have to do anything?
No. The transition is automatic. Your account, your billing, and the email address you signed up with all stay where they are. The new tier benefits start showing up in the members area as I publish them.
If something looks wrong — missing access, a billing question, anything — reply to any email from me and I'll sort it personally.
What if the new tier isn't for me? How do I cancel?
You can cancel from the account page at any time, or reply to any email from me and I'll cancel it for you on my end. No friction, no confirmation loops, no "are you sure?" steps. If the new value prop isn't what you signed up for, I get it. The unsubscribe is one click.
How do I read the books now?
The fastest path:
- Open the Kindle app or go to my Amazon author page.
- Pick a book. If you're a KU subscriber, hit "Read for free." If you're not, the regular ebook prices haven't changed.
- The first chapter of every book is still free right here on the site if you want to sample before you commit.
That's the whole flow. No login walls, no "click here to read on the site" intermediate step. The book opens in your Kindle app — phone, tablet, e-reader, or web reader — and you read it the way you read anything else.
What about paperbacks?
Unchanged. Paperbacks are right where they were last week, at the prices they were last week, on Amazon. I don't have a separate channel for physical copies and KDP Print already serves the same paperback to Amazon, Barnes & Noble's website, and a handful of independent bookstore platforms. If you prefer physical books, nothing about that changed.
What about audiobooks?
Audiobook distribution is separate from the ebook decision. The current plan — and this hasn't changed — is to make audiobooks available wide: Audible (through KDP's Virtual Voice program), Apple Books, Google Play Books, Kobo, and the indie audiobook platforms via INaudio. KU exclusivity applies to the ebook only.
I'm still rolling out the audiobook catalog one book at a time. If you want to know when a specific audiobook lands, the newsletter is the fastest signal.
I don't have Kindle Unlimited. What are my options?
Three:
- Try the free trial. Amazon runs a 30-day free trial on KU that most people never claim. You get my whole catalog plus everything else on KU during the trial. Cancel before day 30 and it costs you nothing. Cancel after and it's $11.99 a month.
- Buy the ebook. Same price as last week. Same Amazon page. Nothing about that flow changed.
- Read chapter 1 free here, decide from there. First chapter of every book is still on the site. If chapter one doesn't hook you, no transaction occurred and we're both fine.
Is the first chapter still free on the site?
Yes. That part is permanent. Every book has a public landing page with chapter one readable on the site. The change is just that chapters two onward live on Amazon now instead of behind a member paywall here.
What about the blog and short stories?
Both stay on the site. Both stay free. The blog isn't going anywhere — if anything, you'll see more of it now that the site isn't trying to also be an ebook reader. Bonus short stories aren't enrolled in KDP Select and won't be. They're site-exclusive and free to read.
I have a question that isn't here.
Reply to any email I've sent you, or use the contact form on the site. I read everything that comes in. Real reply, real human, usually within a day or two.
— Lincoln