having two readers on one kindle

skipper · 11-17-2010, 10:04 AM

My wife and myself are reading the same book on our kindle and cannot find a way to save our separate reading places. Can I make the Kindle recognize that there are two separate page locations that we want to save?

desertgrandma · 11-17-2010, 10:06 AM

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Anarel · 11-17-2010, 10:13 AM

Uhh, so there's two people, one Kindle?

If she reads books from your account on her iphone or some other device or vice versa I would say that you go to Manage Your Kindle on the Amazon page and disable Syncronization between two devices but if it's just you both trying to keep your own place in the book.....

Whenever you're done reading why not just make a note where you left off? Type with the keyboard My Spot and then when you open the book again just hit menu, select my My notes and marks and that's where your place is.

FF2 · 11-17-2010, 11:16 AM

Can you use Bookmarks. You set one after reading. She sets another. You begin reading and REMOVE YOUR bookmark and set another as you finish. She does the same? I have not really used Bookmarks but it might work. Clearly, it requires some additional work and housekeeping. Obviously you do not want to leave a whole bunch of bookmarks scattered about.

OakIris · 11-17-2010, 11:54 AM

The only other thing you could do, besides FF2's bookmark suggestion, is to write down the location number of the page you last read and then when you open the book you would need to use the Menu "Go to" option and input the correct location. Perhaps not quite as complicated as using bookmarks and at least you wouldn't need to remember to delete your old bookmarks.

Kudos to you and your partner for being willing to share a Kindle and to share the same book at the same time. I've never shared the same paperback book with someone (as in, reading it at the same time,) let alone the same Kindle eBook on the same device. Guess I'm just too selfish to take sharing that far - you can read the book after I've finished it is the way I would be dealing with this.

Holly

TheKindleWorm · 11-17-2010, 12:03 PM

I agree Holly. The 2 things I will never share are books or food. Hats off to the OP for sharing with his wife

I suppose I would use bookmarks to differentiate between the two locations or just write a short note with my initials whenever I finished reading and then access that position using View my Notes and Marks - making sure to delete said note when I started reading again.

enkov · 11-17-2010, 12:35 PM

If book is not original (i.e. bought from Amazon) I simply will make two copies with a different names or authors (with Calibre or Mobipocket or so) and this will solve the problem. The Kindle will keep the progress for each book thinking they was different books.

I.e. Godfather-Skipper.mobi and Godfather-Wife.mobi.

Wow, I remember I had a girlfriend who loves fantasy books as me and we often read new books simultaneously. What hell was when someone loses the bookmark position (brr, paper stripe) for the other one (I don't have these adhesive 3M bookmarks at this time)...

desertblues · 11-17-2010, 12:55 PM

My husband now has an Kindleapps on my one-click-account. Yes, I now see, why this has to stay in the family.

We agreed that if one of us opens a book and it is already openend; he/she chooses another one, or we ask if it's allright. Our distance isn't that far away most of the times we're reading.

=X= · 11-17-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by skipper

My wife and myself are reading the same book on our kindle and cannot find a way to save our separate reading places. Can I make the Kindle recognize that there are two separate page locations that we want to save?

I would not use "bookmarks" but use "annotations" instead. All you have to do is move the cursor to the place you want to leave a comment. Like "The Skipper docks here". And you wife can type "The 1st Mate stops here".
And it will write a comment at that location.

Then when it's your turn to read, just pick up the book, go to "My Annotations" and select your comment "The Skipper docks here" and it will take you to your last read spot.

=X=

11-17-2010, 10:04 AM	#1
skipper Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	having two readers on one kindle My wife and myself are reading the same book on our kindle and cannot find a way to save our separate reading places. Can I make the Kindle recognize that there are two separate page locations that we want to save?

11-17-2010, 10:13 AM	#3
Anarel Evangelist Posts: 424 Karma: 61399 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: K1, GKDX, K3	Uhh, so there's two people, one Kindle? If she reads books from your account on her iphone or some other device or vice versa I would say that you go to Manage Your Kindle on the Amazon page and disable Syncronization between two devices but if it's just you both trying to keep your own place in the book..... Whenever you're done reading why not just make a note where you left off? Type with the keyboard My Spot and then when you open the book again just hit menu, select my My notes and marks and that's where your place is. Last edited by Anarel; 11-17-2010 at 10:15 AM.

11-17-2010, 12:35 PM	#7
enkov Advanced Dunno Posts: 80 Karma: 27094 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Device: Kindle Fire HDX 7 + Paperwhite 2013	If book is not original (i.e. bought from Amazon) I simply will make two copies with a different names or authors (with Calibre or Mobipocket or so) and this will solve the problem. The Kindle will keep the progress for each book thinking they was different books. I.e. Godfather-Skipper.mobi and Godfather-Wife.mobi. Wow, I remember I had a girlfriend who loves fantasy books as me and we often read new books simultaneously. What hell was when someone loses the bookmark position (brr, paper stripe) for the other one (I don't have these adhesive 3M bookmarks at this time)... Last edited by enkov; 11-17-2010 at 12:42 PM.

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11-17-2010, 10:06 AM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, skipper When you have your problem sorted, take a moment and use the 'introduce myself' link below, start a new thread, and join us....

11-17-2010, 11:16 AM	#4
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Can you use Bookmarks. You set one after reading. She sets another. You begin reading and REMOVE YOUR bookmark and set another as you finish. She does the same? I have not really used Bookmarks but it might work. Clearly, it requires some additional work and housekeeping. Obviously you do not want to leave a whole bunch of bookmarks scattered about.

11-17-2010, 11:54 AM	#5
OakIris Addict Posts: 310 Karma: 18487 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle 3 WiFi; Kindle Paperwhite	The only other thing you could do, besides FF2's bookmark suggestion, is to write down the location number of the page you last read and then when you open the book you would need to use the Menu "Go to" option and input the correct location. Perhaps not quite as complicated as using bookmarks and at least you wouldn't need to remember to delete your old bookmarks. Kudos to you and your partner for being willing to share a Kindle and to share the same book at the same time. I've never shared the same paperback book with someone (as in, reading it at the same time,) let alone the same Kindle eBook on the same device. Guess I'm just too selfish to take sharing that far - you can read the book after I've finished it is the way I would be dealing with this. Holly

11-17-2010, 12:03 PM	#6
TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	I agree Holly. The 2 things I will never share are books or food. Hats off to the OP for sharing with his wife I suppose I would use bookmarks to differentiate between the two locations or just write a short note with my initials whenever I finished reading and then access that position using View my Notes and Marks - making sure to delete said note when I started reading again.

11-17-2010, 12:55 PM	#8
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	My husband now has an Kindleapps on my one-click-account. Yes, I now see, why this has to stay in the family. We agreed that if one of us opens a book and it is already openend; he/she chooses another one, or we ask if it's allright. Our distance isn't that far away most of the times we're reading.

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