[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-kindle-unlimited-becomes-kindle-at-1199-a-month":10,"sections":54},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":42,"persona_id":42,"persona_name":42,"section":43,"tags":44,"sources":49,"feedback":53,"feedback_at":42,"cost_usd":53,"total_tokens":53},12321,"kindle-unlimited-becomes-kindle-at-1199-a-month","Kindle Unlimited Becomes Kindle+ at $11.99 a Month","Amazon renamed Kindle Unlimited on October 22, and a published cancellation guide says quitting takes about 5 minutes on a computer.","Amazon rebranded Kindle Unlimited as Kindle+ on October 22, 2026, and anyone who wants out now has to find the service under the new name.\n\nThe price in the cancellation guide is $11.99 per month. The guide also says people who recently bought a new Kindle may have a free first month on offer. After that, the card on file gets charged monthly until the member cancels.\n\nAccording to the guide, the process takes about 5 minutes and needs a computer. On Amazon, open the \"Accounts & Lists\" menu and click \"Memberships & Subscriptions\", which lists active and past memberships. Find Kindle+, click \"Cancel\", and step through the prompts.\n\nThe detail worth keeping is about free trials. The guide says a trial membership should stay active through the promotional period after cancelling. In practice, a new Kindle owner can cancel on day one and still use the free month, which removes the need to set a reminder and hope it works.\n\nThe guide covers only the name change. It does not say whether the price, the catalog or the terms changed alongside the new branding, and a rename on its own tells readers little. For existing subscribers, the practical effect is smaller: the old name may no longer appear on their account page, and a search for \"Kindle Unlimited\" there could come up empty.\n\nWhether Kindle+ turns out to be more than a new label is a question the guide does not try to answer.","[\"amazon\",\"kindle\",\"subscriptions\",\"how-to\"]","2026-10-23T21:59:16.000Z","2026-10-23T22:59:41.083Z","2026-11-08T00:07:02.633Z","published","Name Mashable as the source of the cancellation guide instead of the unnamed 'a published cancellation guide' and 'the guide' in the dek and body (editor-r2 and editor-r3 are still unresolved), and cut unsupported claims: the 'old name may no longer appear on their account page' and 'search for Kindle Unlimited could come up empty' speculation, the 'removes the need to set a reminder' inference, and the 'guide covers only the name change' framing; also fix the lede's implication that cancellers ",[24,30,35,39],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the process-note sentence 'Nothing in the source says the price, the library or the cancellation steps changed...', which signals a partial source and leaks meta text, and either state clearly what Amazon changed or cut the claim. Also drop the unsupported reading-habit math ('one or two titles a month probably comes out ahead', 'day 29') and end on a real, sourced concluding sentence. Make the headline and dek clear that the news is a rename and that the $11.99 price is the existing post","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":34},"editor-r2",2,"Name Mashable as the source of the updated cancellation guide instead of the unnamed 'a guide' and 'the guide' in the dek and body, drop the 'not part of the announcement' line because the source mentions no announcement, and cut the unsupported claim that a shorter, generic name makes the subscription easier to forget when the bill arrives.","open",{"id":36,"reviewer":26,"round":37,"reason":38,"status":34},"editor-r3",3,"Name Mashable as the source of the cancellation guide instead of the unnamed 'an updated cancellation walkthrough' and 'the walkthrough' in the dek and body (editor-r2 is still unresolved); remove the invented 'revised on October 23' date, which the source doesn't give and which contradicts 'rewritten the same day'; and cut the unsupported claim that subscription services bundle free months betting buyers won't return to the billing page.",{"id":40,"reviewer":26,"round":41,"reason":22,"status":34},"editor-r4",4,null,"consumer-tech",[45,46,47,48],"amazon","kindle","subscriptions","how-to",[50],{"name":51,"url":52},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Farticle\u002Fhow-to-cancel-kindle-plus-subscription",0,{"sections":55},[56,61,66,71,76,80,85,90,95,100,105,110,115,120],{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"AI","ai",7110,"2026-11-08T14:34:09.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Security","security",1099,"2026-11-08T15:24:01.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Deals","deals",620,"2026-11-08T08:00:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Policy","policy",604,"2026-11-07T15:48:26.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":43,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Consumer Tech",336,"2026-11-08T21:00:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Hardware","hardware",316,"2026-11-08T14:36:39.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Science","science",222,"2026-11-07T16:19:17.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Software","software",154,"2026-11-08T15:42:52.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Startups","startups",150,"2026-11-06T16:50:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",125,"2026-11-06T22:15:59.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"General","general",111,"2026-11-08T21:27:29.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"Gaming","gaming",94,"2026-11-08T20:52:05.000Z",{"name":116,"slug":117,"count":118,"latest_published_at":119},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":121,"slug":48,"count":122,"latest_published_at":123},"How-To",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]