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Amazon Prime members get free 2-day shipping on all qualifying orders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Did you know that Amazon Prime members<\/a> can borrow both of my Jokes By Kids Kindle books<\/a> for free? While that may not be quite enough of an incentive to pay the annual $99 fee, I\u2019ve long been an Amazon Prime member, and still consider it a great value. <\/p>\n

And, Amazon is now offering a 30-day free trial<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I love about my Prime membership:<\/p>\n

1) Free 2-day shipping on all qualifying Amazon purchases. No need to worry about minimum purchase amounts or spending $$ to buy up to the speedy 2-day delivery. They even DELIVER ON SUNDAY, because of their special arrangement with the US Post Office. No kidding. The US Post Office is delivering Amazon products on Sunday. Amazing.<\/p>\n

2) Free Kindle library loans with the Kindle owner’s lending library<\/a>. You have to own a Kindle<\/a> (but you already do, don’t you?) but this gives me 12 free books a year. At a $9.99 average sale price, this benefit can be worth up to $120 for people who love to read. By the way, you may be able to take advantage of a special 20% off Kindle offer going on now. Login to your Amazon account<\/a> to see if you have the offer available. <\/p>\n

3) More free Kindle books! This benefit is in conjunction with the Amazon Kindle First program<\/a>. Every month a few pre-published books from major publishing houses are offered to Kindle owners before their publication date. They cost $1.99 for non-Prime members, so this benefit is worth roughly $24 a year. I’ve really enjoyed all the Kindle First books I’ve read so far, including Real Happy Family<\/a>, Things We Set on Fire<\/a>. <\/p>\n

3) Great streaming movies, from Amazon Video, free for Prime members.<\/p>\n

4) You can share the shipping benefits of your Prime membership with family members, so your brother, sister, parents, in-laws can also get a year of free 2-day shipping! Learn more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And (did I already mention this?) you can take try it yourself with this risk-free one month FREE TRIAL<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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