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I've mostly moved over to ebooks myself, but I still have two big concerns about it. 1. How will I share books with my spouse? Is having the same account acros

I've mostly moved over to ebooks myself, but I still have two big concerns about it. 1. How will I share books with my spouse? Is having the same account across multiple (duplicate) devices going to be the norm/permitted? 2. How will I share books with my young kids? Will it require buying an expensive destructible device?

noja 16y ago
3. You can't read ebooks in the bath (yet)
- estel 16y ago
  You can't?
- lreeves 16y ago
  Sure you can; I used mine in the tub (a Sony Reader) all the time with no I'll effects. If you're paranoid though just throw the reader into a ziploc bag to protect it.
Deadsunrise 16y ago
remove the drm using calibre, it takes a minute and allows you to read books from amazon using ibooks.
- bjelkeman-again 16y ago
  I wasn't aware of that. I like iBooks a lot better than the kindle app for the iPad. Need to try that. Thanks.
officemonkey 16y ago
1. My wife and I have our Amazon account linked to several devices: my Kindle, her iPad, an iPod Touch, my Blackberry, and my computer. If Amazon is being that permissive NOW, then I assume things won't get more restrictive. 2. How young? If they're old enough to read a chapter book, then they're probably old enough to treat a Kindle gently. My son (who is three) is quite gentle with my iPod touch, because he knows if he isn't: no more "Bug's Life".
SkyMarshal 16y ago
Kindle has a loan feature that lets you loan the book to anyone for 14 days or so.
- gjm 16y ago
  Once ever. For some books.