Once you buy a real book, you can lend it to anyone you like and you can give it away. It exposes the critical shortcoming of ebooks compared to physical books.

(Oddly, she has never wanted to read any of my books. That left her without an easy way to read the books she purchased before the split unless she borrows my Kindle, and I haven’t been able to read any of the books she’s purchased since then unless I grab her Kindle. She set up a separate account and since then we’ve been growing our separate libraries. We have separate bookshelves for our physical books and she wanted a separate virtual bookshelf for her Kindle books. Back when we shared a single Amazon account, my wife discovered that she really, really hated having my virtual books mixed in with hers on her Kindle. The new “ Family Library” is a bit confusing to set up but the effort is worth it if you want to read some of the books that have been purchased in your spouse’s Amazon account.įour years ago I wrote an article about the importance of having a separate Amazon account from your spouse. Amazon now allows you to share your Kindle books with your spouse and your children.

How to use a kindle at the library