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elizilla · 11-14-2010, 01:14 PM

Last year I bought a Kindle for my parents for Christmas, but really it's ended up belonging to my mom. I've been thinking of giving them another, so my dad can have one too. I'm sure they have only one Amazon account to share, and that my father would have a complete meltdown if he had to get a second account for the second Kindle, especially if he has to pay for a second copy of anything.

So...

Can you put multiple Kindles on the same account?

Can you move books between them? Or load them to both readers?

Is it difficult?

I chose the Kindle for them since it seemed the most user friendly. They're never going to download Calibre or learn to convert files - they play with computers a little, but their interest and comfort zone just doesn't extend to things like that. I could do it for them, but they spend much of the year in another state, and walking them through these things via telephone is frustrating.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

11-14-2010, 01:14 PM	#1
elizilla Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 610286 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Sage, others	Can multiple Kindles be on the same Amazon account? Last year I bought a Kindle for my parents for Christmas, but really it's ended up belonging to my mom. I've been thinking of giving them another, so my dad can have one too. I'm sure they have only one Amazon account to share, and that my father would have a complete meltdown if he had to get a second account for the second Kindle, especially if he has to pay for a second copy of anything. So... Can you put multiple Kindles on the same account? Can you move books between them? Or load them to both readers? Is it difficult? I chose the Kindle for them since it seemed the most user friendly. They're never going to download Calibre or learn to convert files - they play with computers a little, but their interest and comfort zone just doesn't extend to things like that. I could do it for them, but they spend much of the year in another state, and walking them through these things via telephone is frustrating. Thanks in advance for any advice!