Does this make sense?

BeccaPrice · 10-05-2013, 04:34 PM

My 90 yo mother's K3 was stolen the other day - I had her call Amazon and deregister it. Is there some way that it can be totally bricked so whoever took it can't re-register it?

She asked me to buy her a new kindle, and she'll pay me back. I think she finds the whole bit about buying and registering the device a bit beyond her - my dad used to take care of all the technology in the house, but he died, and even using Calibre seems to be beyond my mom.

The only books Mom ever puts on her kindle are ones I've sent her.

What I think I'm going to do is leave her new Paperwhite registered to my account, and I can just email her books she might want (I tried talking her through white-listing my email on her old account, but it was too confusing for her)(I think she finds the whole idea of working with technology confusing rather than any specific act itself)

Does this make sense, for me to manage her Kindle for her this way? she lives in Arizona and I live in Michigan, so it's not as if I can run out over the weekend and load books for her.

She has an iPad, but one of my dad's old buddies knows about iPads and manages that one for her.

ETA: I've never emailed a document to a kindle before - can someone tell me how to do it? do you just email the document as an attachment to a regular email?

Barty · 10-05-2013, 04:47 PM

I don't think amazon can brick a kindle remotely. They can put the serial number on a blacklist and not allow it to be registered.

It's not a problem to register two kindles to one account, unless you don't want her to see your own purchases.

Each kindle has an associated email. You can see and change this by going to amazon,com and logging into your account, then select manage my kindles. You can email any kindle book as attachment, mobi, azw3. They will convert PDF book for you if you put convert in subject line. You just need your mom to learn how to turn on wifi so it will sync.

BeccaPrice · 10-05-2013, 04:51 PM

ok, that's how I thought the process would work. I have several kindles on my account already (I manage my husband's and son's kindles).

I think managing my mom's kindle remotely will make a lot of sense. I don't buy anything I don't want her to see, and I doubt she'd know how to go looking at what I've got anyway.

I'm going to have to teach her how to work the light and the touch screen, and how to turn on the wifi, but I think we'll be able to do that remotely.

xendula · 10-05-2013, 06:23 PM

If she already has books in her account, she'll lose access to them through the cloud. You could just ask her to give you her amazon pw so you can go in and whitelist your address yourself, or of course just register it on your account, but be advised that she will then see all your purchases.

SampleAndy · 10-06-2013, 12:35 AM

If you keep the new device registered to your account, you don't have to go through emailing books to anywhere. When you purchase the book you can select [Deliver to] Mom's Kindle and you're done with it. If it's a book you already purchased, you can go to books under Manage Your Kindle, find the desired book and under Actions, select [Deliver to my:] and select Mom's Kindle. The books will be queued for delivery, and whenever she turns on the wifi, the books will be delivered.

I think that made sense... and makes sense, too.

I didn't think about it before, but... Did her original K3 have 3G? Will the replacement have 3G? If not, be prepared to walk her through configuring wifi. (yeah... I like to worry about everything.)

10-05-2013, 04:34 PM	#1
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	Does this make sense? My 90 yo mother's K3 was stolen the other day - I had her call Amazon and deregister it. Is there some way that it can be totally bricked so whoever took it can't re-register it? She asked me to buy her a new kindle, and she'll pay me back. I think she finds the whole bit about buying and registering the device a bit beyond her - my dad used to take care of all the technology in the house, but he died, and even using Calibre seems to be beyond my mom. The only books Mom ever puts on her kindle are ones I've sent her. What I think I'm going to do is leave her new Paperwhite registered to my account, and I can just email her books she might want (I tried talking her through white-listing my email on her old account, but it was too confusing for her)(I think she finds the whole idea of working with technology confusing rather than any specific act itself) Does this make sense, for me to manage her Kindle for her this way? she lives in Arizona and I live in Michigan, so it's not as if I can run out over the weekend and load books for her. She has an iPad, but one of my dad's old buddies knows about iPads and manages that one for her. ETA: I've never emailed a document to a kindle before - can someone tell me how to do it? do you just email the document as an attachment to a regular email? Last edited by BeccaPrice; 10-05-2013 at 04:36 PM. Reason: oh, yeah...

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10-05-2013, 04:47 PM	#2
Barty doofus Posts: 2,543 Karma: 13088847 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	I don't think amazon can brick a kindle remotely. They can put the serial number on a blacklist and not allow it to be registered. It's not a problem to register two kindles to one account, unless you don't want her to see your own purchases. Each kindle has an associated email. You can see and change this by going to amazon,com and logging into your account, then select manage my kindles. You can email any kindle book as attachment, mobi, azw3. They will convert PDF book for you if you put convert in subject line. You just need your mom to learn how to turn on wifi so it will sync.

10-05-2013, 04:51 PM	#3
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	ok, that's how I thought the process would work. I have several kindles on my account already (I manage my husband's and son's kindles). I think managing my mom's kindle remotely will make a lot of sense. I don't buy anything I don't want her to see, and I doubt she'd know how to go looking at what I've got anyway. I'm going to have to teach her how to work the light and the touch screen, and how to turn on the wifi, but I think we'll be able to do that remotely.

10-05-2013, 06:23 PM	#4
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	If she already has books in her account, she'll lose access to them through the cloud. You could just ask her to give you her amazon pw so you can go in and whitelist your address yourself, or of course just register it on your account, but be advised that she will then see all your purchases.

10-06-2013, 12:35 AM	#5
SampleAndy Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 644344 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Device: KPW, KFire HD, KFire, KTD 3g, KT, K4B, K4S, K3g, K3g SO, K2, K1	If you keep the new device registered to your account, you don't have to go through emailing books to anywhere. When you purchase the book you can select [Deliver to] Mom's Kindle and you're done with it. If it's a book you already purchased, you can go to books under Manage Your Kindle, find the desired book and under Actions, select [Deliver to my:] and select Mom's Kindle. The books will be queued for delivery, and whenever she turns on the wifi, the books will be delivered. I think that made sense... and makes sense, too. I didn't think about it before, but... Did her original K3 have 3G? Will the replacement have 3G? If not, be prepared to walk her through configuring wifi. (yeah... I like to worry about everything.)

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