There’s no surprise that I love to read. However, reading can get very expensive. Especially when you’re reading 10+ books a month. I’ve found 2 ways that allow me to read for free or for a small fee a month. I figured I’d share in hopes that this helps some people overcome the “it’s too expensive” part of reading.

THE APP “LIBBY” AND A LIBRARY CARD

LEARNING ABOUT THIS WAS A GAME CHANGER. Before my friend Taylor showed me this I was buying all of my books on amazon and with each book the cost was adding up. It’s so simple. You find the closest library for your county / city. Go on their website and apply for a library card. For my city’s library – they have a link to “Apply for Library Card”. It looks something like this.

Right now because of COVID it’s all done online. You prove that you live in the city you’re living in and they will email you your library card number. Once you have that library card number you download the app Libby (it’s free) and looks like this.

Once the app is downloaded you open the app and you “add a library” – using your library card number. They have a very wide range of e-books and this allows you to browse them and download the books straight from the library to your kindle. Most rentals are 14 days! If there’s a book that has multiple people waiting you can join the wait list and it will appear when it’s ready to borrow.

This app has saved me HUNDREDS of dollars and is so easily compatible with my kindle! It has all the best sellers and books you can imagine! I would highly recommend!

KINDLE UNLIMITED

The second way that I read is through my kindle unlimited subscription. I pay $9.99/month and just add it to my amazon account. If you have a kindle I’d recommend it only if you are interested in reading books that aren’t best sellers. They have a lot of the “steamy romance novels” that I enjoy reading! It’s really easy to set up and they have a 30 day free trial. It’s a pretty small “library” to borrow from but they have a lot of good ones that Libby doesn’t have. I use both in order to have a more expansive library.

I hope these two sources help guide you in your reading and help cut down the cost of reading books!

Side note: If you want to read hard copy books – once you have a library card you can borrow pretty much any book and pick them up curbside!

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