Secret Kindle Book Sharing Technique - Why Trade For Two Weeks Only?

Amazon has recently announced that people can share their Kindle titles for up to two weeks with other Kindle users, or Kindle app users. Little do most people know, there is a way to trade titles with friends and family for free with no time limits. Here's how it's done.

There will be two people involved in this transaction. We will call them the Giver and the Receiver. The giver will be giving their titles to the receiver. Note that the giver will keep all titles on their Kindle as well.

Step 1) Giver logs into their Amazon.com account and goes into "Manage Your Kindle" under the Digital Content section. Giver clicks on "Register a new Kindle".

Step 2) Receiver turns on their Kindle and deregisters their Kindle. Follow the prompts, Home->Menu->Settings->Deregister.

Step 3) Giver adds the Serial Number of the Receiver's Kindle and clicks "Register a New Kindle".

Step 4) Receiver goes to Home screen on their Kindle and clicks on the "Archived Items". Any books on the Giver's Kindle will now show up within the Archived Items.

Step 5) Receiver clicks on any books within the "Archived Items". These books are immediately delivered to the Receiver's Kindle.

Now the Receiver has just put any books they want from the Giver onto their Kindle.

You can now reverse the process to swap books from/to the opposite Kindles.

It is important that when all is said and done, each person deregisters the Kindle and re-registers it to their own respective account. Otherwise, the other person will be paying for your Kindle purchases from now on.

The above point explains why this ability to swap like this even exists. Say you are a family who has two elementary school children with Kindles. You aren't going to make them pay for their own titles! They of course don't even have credit cards to associate with their accounts.

According to Amazon, one piece of digital content can be used by up to 6 users simultaneously. That means that a family of 6 could be using the same ebook. Or, you and 5 of your other family members and friends can be using one piece of digital content or book.

This is a very little known method of sharing books within the family and anyone else you are close with, but completely legitimate in the eyes of Amazon. It is well documented on Amazon.com in the customer discussions.

It seems controversial, but the bottom line is, Amazon has no alternative to leaving this secret ebook sharing loophole open...for now.

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