Comments on: Beg, Borrow, But Please Don’t Steal: How to Share E-Books at School

By: willd

willd — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Hi, excellent question. I thought they had rectified the problem with purchasing multiple copies in a single account. You might pose your question to the group at eBook Educators Group for the latest information. -Will

By: willd

willd — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:17:31 +0000

Hi Mark, I believe that the process you describe is the correct scenario. Used to be it was hard to buy another copy in the same account but I think they fixed that. You might pose your question to the Kindle group at eBook Educators Group and get an updated answer. Cheers! Will

By: willd

willd — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:14:40 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Walter! I always stayed away from Amazon Prime but now love it. Lots of great stuff comes with it besides two day shipping.

By: Walter Rhein

Walter Rhein — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:46:35 +0000

Here's a great book that's currently free on Kindle for Amazon Prime members Beyond Birkie Fever. It's a humorous and inspiring memoir that is currently featured in the Chippewa Valley Book Festival!

By: Mark Isero

Mark Isero — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:21:51 +0000

Hi. Let’s say that I have 12 Kindles on one Amazon account. After I put a book on six devices, can I purchase another copy on that same account and assign the second copy of the book to the other six devices? Or do I need to put the other six Kindles on another Amazon account? Thank you.

By: AxL

AxL — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:19:00 +0000

So how do others here deal with the “only share to six devices” limitation? We have 20 Fires in our HS Library at the moment, and at the time of purchase the Amazon rep told us that if you want to get more than six you can just purchase it again, i.e. another block of 6 licenses. But it doesn’t actually let you do that.

By: Maxine Pipkin

Maxine Pipkin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:23:45 +0000

I think if you place a book on six different kindles registered to one user six different people CAN read it but they cannot read it at the exact same time as the pages are synct to the one book.
Each person would have to remember what page they left off on. However if only one person is using six different devices for whatever reason I believe you can use the synchronization feature which remembers your position in the book. That’s what I read somewhere, so I won’t swear to it.

By: willd

willd — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:25:20 +0000

Yes, Amazon allows you to place a book on six different devices at one time. However, once you have allocated the book to six readers, you cannot place that book on another reader. It is as though you have six tickets and when they are used up, you can’t distribute the book any further.

By: Marg

Marg — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:07:29 +0000

If one can order one copy of a book and place it on six kindles under one account, can they be read seperately or at the same time or is all tied to the one copy? Basically, if on copy is ordered can two people read the same book on two different kindles under the one account?

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:29:20 +0000

We would like to move forward in our ebook options for students but the account issues and lending are a real stumbling block. In my experience, reasonable policies and clear expectations are generally followed by educators in my circles. I think DRM-free ebooks would be fantastic to open options, especially in a 1:1 laptop school like mine. Good post and thanks for the summary of lending options.