10-24-2009, 03:37 PM | #1 |
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Portability of Kindle content across devices
I apologize in advance if this is a simple question. I recently purchased an Ipod Touch and have installed the Kindle Reader application. And now it has been announced that the Kindle reader software will be available for PCs (I have a netbook).
Can I purchase and download books now for my Ipod Touch and then, when, the PC application becomes available, read them on my netbook? My understanding is that I register my Ipod Touch as my first device. Then later I could re-download the same book to my netbook as long as it is registered as my second device. Is this correct? Searching through the forums, there appeared to be a limit of 6 devices. Is this simultaneous or lifetime? So after I have cycled through 6 devices, will I know longer be able to read the Kindle content? These questions are important to me as there are some books I would only buy (e.g., travel guidebooks) if I can read them on both my Ipod and my PC but there is no way I would purchase them twice. All of my accounts are registered in the USA and I am a USA resident, but I travel overseas 9 months per year and virtually all of my downloads would be outside of the USA (if that matters). Thanks! Travis |
10-24-2009, 03:59 PM | #2 |
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A Windows PC will count as a separate device, and its Kindle ebook files will be locked to that particular PC. You can associate a new device (e.g. a Windows PC) with existing ebooks.
The limit is on simultaneous devices, but Amazon isn't setup to automatically handle unregistering a device from ebooks. Also some ebooks have a lower limit, which is listed on the ebook's web page on the Kindle store. See Amazon DRM limiting number of times you can download a book. |
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I guess we have to view DRM as renting. The one thing that really surprised me is that I do not know the maximum number of PIDs before I purchase a particular Kindle book. I am guessing that there are no Kindle books currently for sale that have been confirmed with a simultaneous PID limit of 3 or lower? Travis |
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Yep there is a DRM around Amazon content...
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And keep in mind that newspapers and magazines are locked to one single device. You can switch the device, but you can't re-download previously downloaded issues to the new device.
I find this limit fairly onerous because my wife and I can't share magazines without switching Kindles. |
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If I have 7 Kindles or registered devices in my house, only 6 of them (Amazon's limit) can have the book on the device simulataneously. I may be wrong. Just wanted to get clarification because your words are somewhat confusing. Thanks! |
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10-28-2009, 11:29 AM | #8 |
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Yes. The problem comes if you downloaded it to 6 devices, then deleted one of them, then try to download to a 7th device. In that case (at least the last time I saw any discussion of this issue) you have to call Amazon customer support and have them manually allow the download. The cases I saw were due to returned Kindles - when a Kindle is returned, or deregistered, all its downloads are (mistakenly) still counted against each individual ebook's download limit.
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