Amazon Prime / Kindle question

[countthestars]

My sister, mom, and I each have kindles but they are all registered to my sister so we can share books more easily.

H and I want to sign up for Prime again. Should I pay for it under my sister's account or would it work if I just used my sister as one of my four emails so that we can get the Kindle Prime benefits?

[womet]

I'm not sure there are that many benefits having the prime account. You can "check out" a book once a month. If it were me, I'd rather go through my library. So I would keep things the way you have them.

[countthestars]

Thanks womet!

[womet]

No problem.

[GailGoldie]

i think you can borrow one book at a time- for as long as you want... if I read it correctly - but you have to own a kindle and have prime --- i don't know if it would work if she was just added on your prime or not.... probably??

through most libraries isn't it a 2w limit on having it? that's why i never use the library- but with Prime i have had a book for a long time (i take forever to read)

[darkling_glory]

If you have a kindle fire you can stream free video with Amazon Prime. That is a great benefit for me. Plus, free 2 day shipping.

[LoveTrains]

May 14, 2012 9:24:54 GMT -5 GailGoldie said:

i think you can borrow one book at a time- for as long as you want... if I read it correctly - but you have to own a kindle and have prime --- i don't know if it would work if she was just added on your prime or not.... probably??

through most libraries isn't it a 2w limit on having it? that's why i never use the library- but with Prime i have had a book for a long time (i take forever to read)

I have a 3 week limit on kindle books at my library.

[darkling_glory]

I think womet's point is that there aren't many Kindle-specific benefits for Prime.

Yes, that's true... but I just wanted to make sure that she knew about the free streaming. I've personally enjoyed it.

[countthestars]

The free streaming is definitely a bonus. I am going to just pay for Prime again. I miss it so much

[ruthie7532]

I was a registered user on my DH's Prime account, and it wouldn't let me borrow books. I had to cancel his account and re-purchase under mine to borrow books. Fortunately, we were at the end of our year when I discovered my mistake.

[niknik]

Also sign up for the Pixel of Ink newsletter, they post 10-15 free books daily. I have Prime but rarely check out books through it. I do love Prime though for the shipping benefits.

Christmas alone pays for my membership.

[tacokick]

Have you tried Lendle? It is a great 3rd party site that lets you borrow books and you can have more than one at a time

[steph96]

When I borrow my free book, I only get to keep it for a month. Maybe it's different because I have the free student version?

[basilosaurus]

The kindle lending library sucks. Don't get prime just for that.

I use 2 libraries to check out books, and they both allow 3 weeks.