Eligible content and info on adding someone to your Amazon Household can be found here: Note: Teen logins in your Amazon Household are not able to share content through Family Library. A member of my household wanted a magazine I’ve enjoyed, so I bought a second subscription to it. If I had a subscription to a newspaper going to my Kindle, my Significant Other or offspring couldn’t get the issue delivered to their Kindles. Sign up for access to the magazine's publisher online. However, one of the major complaints I’ve heard over the years (and it has been years, now) is that you could only get a subscription on one device. This is a great option. How to share a Kindle book with family. Have the other adult/child enter their Amazon email and password (if they have one), or create a new account. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Subscriptions are automatically charged on a monthly basis, even if the magazine arrives on your Kindle Fire on a different distribution schedule. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. However, once you get it working, either save the install file or don't upgrade. Now we can go to the archives and get it. On magazines, though? Here’s how: Upgrade your lifestyleDigital Trends helps readers keep tabs on the fast-paced world of tech with all the latest news, fun product reviews, insightful editorials, and one-of-a-kind sneak peeks.Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.
You can read on as many devices you like that are registered to you. Yes, it’s wonderful for that!
– since this feature has been available. Your Kindle will connect to your Amazon account and download any content not already on your device. (At home I sometimes have to go out to the gate to get it when the Whispernet is weak! As you point out, blogs don’t work that way. Fun and information about the Kindle and the world of e-books, The magazine issue were not available on my Kindle for PC (the Kindle for PC doesn’t do Kindle store subscriptions at this point, so that might be why), I was able to get it on my Kindle for Android! Jane Williams began her writing career in 2000 as the writer and editor of a nationwide marketing company. Since then it has been shared between my Android and Kindle devices, along with my Dad’s K3 and my daughter’s K2 – all on the same account.
Hey there - We are looking into buying two Kindles - but I had a question about magazine subscriptions. It happened at the same time that the Android for Kindle was updated. One other thing I’ve noticed — the helpful “you’ve already bought this” feature on Amazon — which has sometimes prevented me from buying the same book twice — seems to be missing for periodicals. That’s true love. But that's it. If you have a family of avid readers, good news — Amazon makes it pretty easy to share books with every member of your family. This entry was posted on February 9, 2011 at 3:48 pm and is filed under Flash posts, News. Go to Prime Reading Home Top magazines in Prime Reading . While we're unable to respond directly to your feedback, Here’s how: Once you’ve received a book from another family member, it’s pretty easy to get it on the device of your choice. As with any other computerized device, the first step in troubleshooting is to reboot. Here’s how to do it: Now that you’ve added adults and kids to your Family Library and shared your previous purchases, you’re ready to begin lending new Kindle books. Flash! Feel free to let me know what else you think about it. . You can get them from the “Manage Your Kindle” page, too, though it takes several steps. It’s called the Family Library, and a lot of Kindle users might not be aware of it because, well, it’s not easy to find. It’s a bit weird. Please select what best describes the information: Thanks!
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With a blog, you don’t get one issue each time…you get a package of the last ten (or fourteen or…I think that one is up to the blog publisher). Before you can begin sharing Kindle books with family, you need to grant other family members access to your Family Library.
One subscription (a daily newspaper) shows fourteen issues available, different magazines show five, eight, or two. You can't pass books or magazines on. Thankfully, you don’t need to do that, because Kindle e-books actually have a lending feature built into them. Select Show Family Library, then choose the content type you want to share. So, this is a huge plus! "Mailing Address" is the exact address on your mailing label, and "Login Information" is the email address and password for your online magazine account, if applicable.