New kindle query

stefano

So if I wanted to read a book that my wife bought, I would have to read it on hers?

pollsdolls

S0litaire wrote: »

If the kindles are on the same Account in Amazon then YES you can share books between devices.

If they are NOT of the same account then NO you can't

You can't transfer books between different accounts.

You *MAY* in the future be able to lend a book to another account for up to 2 weeks (i.e. from a library) but this feature is not in the UK kindles yet as far as i know.

Thanks for this. I am buying one for my OH on my account, and I already have loads of books on mine.

Do you know how I transfer them from my kindle to his? TIA

penrhyn

Assuming they are Kindle Books then you can't. Unless its registered to your account, but this has already been answered!

S0litaire

pollsdolls wrote: »

Thanks for this. I am buying one for my OH on my account, and I already have loads of books on mine.

Do you know how I transfer them from my kindle to his? TIA

easiest way is to go to the kindle management page on Amazon.co.uk

Find the books he wants and if the kindle is registered under that account then just send it to the device.

sonstream

mttylad wrote: »

Stefano, if you are intending to load some books onto it for her before Christmas then IMO - DO NOT DO THIS!

This is her Kindle, her present and she will want and need to set it up herself, to register and load books on it herself.
By all means find some free books beforehand, find the info on how to do it ready for when you give it to her
but if you value your life, or at the very least do not want nagging at then let her do it.

If you do not let her find out how to do this then you risk her not knowing how to do it herself and you will forever be asked to do it, instead teach her how to do it.

Remember the phrase about giving a man a fish and teaching him how to fish.



Its the only way to go.

I totally agree and if i was getting the gift I'd be really peeeed that someone had already set it up