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chas0039 · 07-23-2011, 10:19 AM

Keeping them unregistered should not violate any Amazon rules, as far as I can tell. The only issue you would have would have to do with DRM problems if you are using books from Amazon. If that is the case, I would register them to the same account, load all the books you want, and then de-register so the Kindle is safe for the kids (they won't be able to use your account to buy something). I am not sure about how you are doing this and what books or active content you will be buying, or the source for your books so I can't be sure of how to do this. More details will help. Also, Amazon has a maximum for the number of Kindles you can attache to a single book purchase so you might want to check this out with them. If they are in your community, Target usually has a strong community support for local schools so you could check with them to see if they have any better deals. If you use the Red Card, you get 5% off right away and they may do more. You could also set up some type of sale of the used Kindles at the end of the study to recoup costs. Also, there is a very low cost leather case on eBay ($13) let me know if you need a link.

As to the ad removal, all the ads are in a single sub-directory that can be deleted. If the Kindle WiFi is not activated, the ads will not return. This is sort of against what Amazon wants so you might not want to do this. No sense getting into trouble you don't need, especially as you are representing a school.

Since you have some time before school starts, it might not be a bad idea to get one of the Special Offer Kindles and play around with it to see what works and what doesn't.

Any more questions, please ask. I am happy to help out. I remember my graduate work and my dissertation well. Anything I can do to make it easier is no problem.

07-23-2011, 10:19 AM	#9
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Keeping them unregistered should not violate any Amazon rules, as far as I can tell. The only issue you would have would have to do with DRM problems if you are using books from Amazon. If that is the case, I would register them to the same account, load all the books you want, and then de-register so the Kindle is safe for the kids (they won't be able to use your account to buy something). I am not sure about how you are doing this and what books or active content you will be buying, or the source for your books so I can't be sure of how to do this. More details will help. Also, Amazon has a maximum for the number of Kindles you can attache to a single book purchase so you might want to check this out with them. If they are in your community, Target usually has a strong community support for local schools so you could check with them to see if they have any better deals. If you use the Red Card, you get 5% off right away and they may do more. You could also set up some type of sale of the used Kindles at the end of the study to recoup costs. Also, there is a very low cost leather case on eBay ($13) let me know if you need a link. As to the ad removal, all the ads are in a single sub-directory that can be deleted. If the Kindle WiFi is not activated, the ads will not return. This is sort of against what Amazon wants so you might not want to do this. No sense getting into trouble you don't need, especially as you are representing a school. Since you have some time before school starts, it might not be a bad idea to get one of the Special Offer Kindles and play around with it to see what works and what doesn't. Any more questions, please ask. I am happy to help out. I remember my graduate work and my dissertation well. Anything I can do to make it easier is no problem. Last edited by chas0039; 07-23-2011 at 10:22 AM.