I just worked out how to borrow 'free' books with my Prime membership.

Here’s what to do if you want to give it a try.

Switch on your Kindle and make sure you have a WiFi connection.

Tap the top of the screen so that the menu bar comes up.

In the top right-hand corner is a symbol with 3 horizontal bars. Tap this. A drop-down menu appears.

On the drop-down menu, tap “Shop in Kindle Store”.

Wait a few seconds until it takes you to Amazon.

Again, tap the icon made of 3 horizontal bars in the top-right corner.

Another drop-down menu appears.

Tap “Lending Library” (it’s near the foot of the list).

Now you can browse through the genres that appear on the left-hand side, or you can search for a specific author or character.

Let’s just say you were interested in Inspector Skelgill.

Tap the search box at the top of the page. This activates the keyboard. Type “Inspector Skelgill” and press the arrow that appears to the right of the name.

Now you’ll see all of the Inspector Skelgill novels. If your desired book has a “Prime” logo with a checkmark next to it (and they all do) – Bingo! You can borrow it for free.

Tap on the book to go to its page – there you’ll see a button that says “Borrow For Free”. One final tap and it’s yours!

Read a book a month and you could easily recoup a third of your $99 Prime annual membership fee.