Amazon is hiking the price of the Amazon Prime subscription service for the first time since it launched nine years ago. Members will have to pay $99 for their subscription instead of $79. Amazon Student members will pay $49 for the service. Those who subscribe to Amazon Prime get unlimited two-day shipping on eligible items, access to the company’s streaming video library Prime Instant Video, and the option to borrow books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.
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Amazon Hits Up Prime Members for Another 20 Bucks
Posted by: Kris Holt March 13, 2014 12:14 PMAmazon is hiking the price of the Amazon Prime subscription service for the first time since it launched nine years ago. Members will have to pay $99 for their subscription instead of $79. Amazon Student members will pay $49 for the service. Those who subscribe to Amazon Prime get unlimited two-day shipping on eligible items, access to the company’s streaming video library Prime Instant Video, and the option to borrow books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.