Borrowing or lending books with your Kindle
Use multiple devices
Do you own several Kindles ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle ), or do you use the Kindle app on your smartphone or tablet? Just log in with your Kindle account to get a copy of your Kindle everywhere. This means that the book you’re currently reading will open on the exact page you left off. The number of Kindles (or apps) that you can connect to a single account is unlimited, but some books can only be opened on a limited number of devices (generally no more than six). You can read books or documents that you have transferred to your Kindle yourself (such as ePub files that you have converted using a tool like Calibre - see below) on several devices in the same way. Here the position where you left off reading will be synchronised on all your devices.
Share a book with your family
To share a book within your family you can install the Kindle app on a tablet and log in with your account (see above). Alternatively, you can lend the book in the same way you that lend it to a friend (see below). Specifically for families, there is the Family Library function, which allows you to share books with one other (adult) person in your family (who also needs an Amazon account) and, optionally, with four children (no account required). You can activate this function on the Kindle itself under Settings; Household and Family Library .
Lend a book to a friend
You can lend books that you purchased at the Kindle store to a friend for up to 14 days by surfing to Amazon and going to Manage Your Content and Devices via Your Account . Click on the three dots in front of the book, choose Loan this Title and enter the recipient’s e-mail address and their name, plus a message.
Note. You can only lend a book once to one person. The person who borrows the book does not need to have an account. No Kindle is required, either: they can read the book via the app.
Tip. When someone borrows a book, you can no longer read it yourself during that period.
How to share other e-books
Maybe you don’t only have Amazon e-books on your Kindle. Indeed, many books are only available in ePub format at other online bookstores, or you may receive one from a friend. You can use a free tool like Calibre ( http://www.calibre-ebook.com ) to convert EPub books to the mobi format, which is compatible with the Kindle. Using Calibre, you can then put the books on your Kindle, or you can use the free program Send to Kindle ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle ) to do so wirelessly.
The problem is you can read those books on your Kindle, but they are stored under Documents where sharing or lending books doesn’t work. In order to share such a book with someone else, you will have to forward the file yourself, e.g. by e-mail. The recipients can then transfer the book to their Kindle.
Note. In theory, you should first remove the book from your own Kindle. It’s up to you, but remember that most purchased ePub books contain a digital signature, so the person who originally purchased the book can be traced at all times.
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