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Originally Posted by cct1
I rent them from Prime. They are not "free". I also would return them and delete them.
Same principle to me. I just want to read them on a different device, not find a way to keep them permanently. ...
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Prime lending is very well locked down. It was not at first, I was able to find a book on Kindle Fire & move it to Kindle for PC, but that trick no longer works. Prime is ONLY to kindle hardware, not to an kindle for xxx apps, & the books are tied to that device using a key that only the device knows but that is not visible to any "tools" .
One book per calendar month is such a limited deal compared to up to the unlimited ( = up to 10 at once on multiple devices ) that is is not worth getting stressed over. I doubt I will be renewing prime at the new higher prices, as I've watched the few things on Prime video that I thought were both worth watching and not also on netflix....
PS I did some limited sampling based on my own likes & concluded that anything available in Prime is also available in unlimited - YMMV
A good epub lending library ( with a Kobo reader) beats both, easily. I have a $50 per year overseas membership of Free Library of Philadelphia, as well as the free service from my local UK public library. Both are excellent, even though not all library book epubs are brilliantly formatted. FLP will lend up to 6 at once, with up to 10 holds in operation also, so you can queue for the really popular stuff.