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Originally Posted by Timboli
Loaning your ebook to another, while not impossible if you don't mind breaking some rules you shouldn't have to, is problematic, especially where DRM is concerned. I often shared my books with my mother and father. To do that now, they need a device and I must be a so called bad boy, and they also willing to be naughty. I am sure, that in many instances, another copy is just bought, and once again the providers etc are laughing all the way to the bank.
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I have gotten around the breaking the rules in loaning. I had purchased my mom a kindle years ago and set it up on my account so she could read whatever I purchased. Occasionally she would accidentally order a book since she had the kindle with ads which was quite ok with me but I would just call her and ask if she meant to order it and since she didn't I just returned it. Amazon was quite good about it. I also bought a friend a kindle and set her up with it using my account. She would never order a book. She has also drifted back to real books as she preferred them but she will sometimes take the kindle on a long trip rather than cart books around. The nice thing is that they don't see your password at all on the device so there is no issue with someone who proves untrustworthy getting into your account and ordering a room full of furniture ;-). It is also easy to go online and remove the device from your account if things don't work out.