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Originally Posted by janrey
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.
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True, and I have contemplated such at various times.
Until my wife got her Tablet, she sometimes used whatever Kindle of mine I wasn't using. With the Family option that we've had for a while, but not available if we swapped to the Amazon AUS store, she also has access to all my ebooks (and vice-a-versa), and she has actually read more of the ones I got via BookBub, than I have. Of course, when I check the BookBub email every day, I keep in mind books that she and my mum might be interested in and grab them. My wife did also join BookBub, but quickly got fed up with all the emails, preferring to leave it to me. She's been enjoying the odd Cozy Mystery ebook.
If I was rolling in the money, I would buy an ereader for each member of my family, plus my mum and maybe one or two others. But a big part of me also says, "Why should I have to?" Removing DRM is another option I guess.