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Susan, thanks for replying so quickly.
Yeah, I've already been struggling with all those possibilities, ever since the school told me they thought it better if I controlled the purchases rather than letting the kids do it [this had been the grant-giver's original idea].
One thing I read on the Kindle forum is that there is a possibility of getting Amazon tech support to remove the wifi capability from the Kindles, and then the only way they'd be able to connect to the account is at the school with me, I think. (The school is internet-equipped; I'd log on to the account and then connect them via the usb cable.) This is what the school would prefer.
The other thing I'd been thinking is to indeed deactivate the university credit card unless I need to buy more books and then just attaching the credit card for the time needed; then they would not be able to buy anything even though they could browse (IF they even have wifi available at home; some of these kids will not even have computers at home much less wifi). I *think* this solution could work almost as well.
The final solution is simply tell the kids and their parents not to purchase books (and have them sign a [non-binding, of course] contract to that effect); I would get an email notice every time a book is bought by me or any other device, and if I see one bought that I didn't buy (unless it were to happen to be appropriate for this age group) I would delete it right away.
This last solution is obviously the least satisfactory solution IF they disregard my instructions to not buy books themselves, but I don't have many options other than these three or the first one you mentioned, which, as you say, would be a real pain. (I think decoupling/recoupling the credit card once or twice a week would be far less of a pain.)
Do you think either of my first two solutions (the second of which of course you also mentioned) will work? If you see any problems with those ideas, any ideas on how to do it better are very welcome.
Thanks, Carolyn
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