--- description: Amazon on Wednesday rolled out a new perk for Amazon Prime members: Prime Reading, a revolving selection of books, magazines and more. title: Amazon's Latest Prime Perk Is Great for Readers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65e98ecc86cde030/6988a8c7a988caef8f6b9a79/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Retail](/tag/retail/) ## Retail Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amazon's Latest Prime Perk Is Great for Readers ## Video: Amazon Prime Air [Watch (HLS stream): Amazon Prime Air](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ukidwgVU.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2015-11-30. Amazon has released a new video showcasing its forthcoming drone delivery service, which the online retailer first began teasing almost exactly two years ago._  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2016 1:26 PM CUT  A close-up of a man using a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a cafe setting on January 14, 2013. A close-up of a man using a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader in a cafe setting on January 14, 2013.Future Publishing—Future Publishing/Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 5, 2016 1:26 PM CUT Amazon on Wednesday rolled out a new perk for Amazon Prime members: [Prime Reading](https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/nonprime-pr/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"), a revolving selection of books, magazines and more free to those who pay Prime’s [$99 annual](https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Prime-One-Year-Membership/dp/B00DBYBNEE/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") fee. Of the books Amazon is [currently touting](https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/prime-pr "undefined") as part of the collection, the title that immediately jumped out at me is _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,_ which is $8.99 for the [Kindle version](https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Sorcerers-Stone-Rowling-ebook/dp/B0192CTMYG/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") sans a Prime account. Over in the non-fiction section, there’s a range of Lonely Planet travel guides, which could be handy assuming you’re planning a trip to one of the destinations on offer at any given time. As for magazines, there’s _GQ_, _National Geographic Traveler_, and, full disclosure, a handful of Time Inc. publications including _Sports Illustrated_ and _Entertainment Weekly._ (Time Inc. is TIME’s parent company.) Is it worth getting Prime for [Prime Reading](https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/nonprime-pr/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") alone? Probably not — there doesn’t seem to be enough here quite yet. But it’s a nice addition to the [Prime package](https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Prime-One-Year-Membership/dp/B00DBYBNEE/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined"), which most notably includes free two-day shipping but also an [ever-increasing raft of other benefits](http://time.com/3892861/amazon-prime/ "undefined"), like free photo storage and access to Amazon’s streaming movie and TV libraries. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/"},"headline":"Amazon's Latest Prime Perk Is Great for Readers","datePublished":"2016-10-05T13:26:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:35.091Z","description":"It includes free books, magazines, and even comics","url":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/","keywords":["Retail","Tech"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65e98ecc86cde030/6988a8c7a988caef8f6b9a79/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65e98ecc86cde030/6988a8c7a988caef8f6b9a79/gettyimages-161734273.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iPad, iPhone And Kindle Location Shoot - London","caption":"iPad, iPhone And Kindle Location Shoot - London","creditText":"Future Publishing—Future Publishing/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/retail/","name":"Retail"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/","name":"Amazon's Latest Prime Perk Is Great for Readers"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amazon Prime Air","description":"Amazon has released a new video showcasing its forthcoming drone delivery service, which the online retailer first began teasing almost exactly two years ago.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ukidwgVU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-30T10:18:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ukidwgVU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4519370/amazon-prime-reading/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```