My wife and me have been looking up information concerning different e-readers on the market for both myself and her. We are both really impressed with what the Amazon Kindle can bring to the table more then other readers. I was wondering though, if i purchase a book through the Kindle store on Amazon and have my wife’s Kindle and my Kindle registered to me, can she read the book as well or will she have to purchase the book so she can read it?
As long as the kindles are registered to both accounts you can share books with up to 5 devices usually. There are some rare instances where the publisher only allows one device to be connected, but my husband and I haven’t run into that yet in any of the books we’ve wanted to read over the last 6 months. We share an account and all our books with no problem. And note, that’s 5 devices, not 5 downloads. You can download to any given device as many times as you want, but only have the book on 5 different devices simultaneously (ie iPhone, PC, Kindles). The only problem is you can’t sync to the furthest page read if you’re both reading the same book since it will take whoever is furthest (including finishing the book)
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As long as the kindles are registered to both accounts you can share books with up to 5 devices usually. There are some rare instances where the publisher only allows one device to be connected, but my husband and I haven’t run into that yet in any of the books we’ve wanted to read over the last 6 months. We share an account and all our books with no problem. And note, that’s 5 devices, not 5 downloads. You can download to any given device as many times as you want, but only have the book on 5 different devices simultaneously (ie iPhone, PC, Kindles). The only problem is you can’t sync to the furthest page read if you’re both reading the same book since it will take whoever is furthest (including finishing the book)
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Yes, you can register both Kindle devices to the same Amazon account, and it will be able to get the ebooks purchased with that Amazon account. See the section "Downloading to Multiple Devices" in the official page here for details:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fhelp%2Fcustomer%2Fdisplay.html%3Fie%3DUTF8%26nodeId%3D200375630&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
I own the Kindle 2 and I love it very much as well. Since you are getting it, I remember I read these reviews when I decided to get my Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/is-kindle-2-worth-the-price
Hope it helps
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Just to clarify, the number is 6. You can have six devices registered to a single account for sharing.
Ebook readers that work with Adobe Digital Editions–most other than the Kindle do–can have six devices registered to an account as well.
The Kindle is a good ebook reader, but one thing to consider, with Sony’s you can borrow ebooks from your local libraries. The ebooks then automatically expire after 14 days.
References :
http://www.the-ebook-reader.com