[caleb72]

Hi - just a (hopefully) simple question.

From what I can see, I can add Kindles to my Amazon account at will and those Kindle devices will be able to access my library.

There's many reason why I would not want to do this with just anybody. However, with family members this seems like a legit way in which I can share books inside the family unit.

For example, my sister might have her own account. She is ready to read a new ebook and I have one I wanted her to read. So she deregisters from her account, I register her with my account and she can read the book, then swap back to her account. She'll no longer have access to my copy - not sure if the ebook still remains on her device though.

From what I can see, this is how Amazon facilitates legit sharing within small groups.

Am I right in this? Can I do this freely within a select group? Are there any disadvantages for doing this?

My family-in-law were going to pitch in for a Kindle for my mother-in-law, but unknown to me, one of the advantages of said purchase was that I was going to give copies of all my ebooks so that she had a lovely amount of content to start off with. Needless to say, there was quite a bit of shock expressed when I stated I was going to do no such thing (I'm in the dog house at the moment).

However, I said there may be a way I can loan her ebooks. By the time, we got there though they'd already made the pronouncement that they will not buy a Kindle (while glaring at me).

I thought I might still try to understand the mechanics of loaning books on Kindle just in case this topic comes up again. Maybe if I can be more eloquent about the process I can avoid too many more trips out to the doghouse.

Regards
Caleb