Can you share ebooks between 2 devices in same household? - Page 2

lilac_jive · 12-31-2008, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

You could still set up a default card of course.

BOb

True. I do like that it automatically uses gift cards and codes, if you have them.

JSWolf · 12-31-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

why don't you unregister one of the devices from one of the accounts, and re-register it to the other account ? then both would be on the same account and that seems like the end result you want.

Any purchased books on the unregistered account will be lost.

narbeauchamp · 01-10-2009, 12:09 PM

If you are looking to share one or two books-on seperate accounts-can the books be on a memory card,can you do it that way ? (it seems to me this could work...no ? )

We maintain two seperate accounts (and actually I wasn't aware until this thread that you could not register a device on two accounts-grrr)-occasionally there is a book that either of us would like the other to read-and we'd like to read them WITHOUT having to switch readers (ESPECIALLY true,now that I just bought a 700....I mean that's how he ended up with his 505,because I didn't want mine to "disappear" and bought him one.....grr)-and we would not want to lose purchased books on either account (although somehow in the end it seems I will be paying for everything twice-I am sensing a pattern...)

pilotbob · 01-10-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by narbeauchamp

If you are looking to share one or two books-on seperate accounts-can the books be on a memory card,can you do it that way ? (it seems to me this could work...no ? )

No, the device will only read the book files from the account that it is registered to. This of course applies to Sony/Adobe DRMed books only of course.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 01-10-2009, 12:14 PM

the other obvious way around this problem is to buy books in a format like lit or mobi and remove the drm.

wallcraft · 01-10-2009, 12:29 PM

I suggested in another thread that you can share an Adobe ID (for Secure Adobe ebooks) between ebook store accounts - however I have not tested this. Adobe has a 6 device limit, and a device can only be assigned to one Adobe ID, but the difference to the Sony store is that the Adobe ID isn't your account ID.

Patricia · 01-10-2009, 09:05 PM

Or you could just exchange readers for a few days, while you each read the other person's books.

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01-10-2009, 12:09 PM	#18
narbeauchamp Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 98 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York,NY Device: PRS700BC/PRS505/TZ350N/MacBook/Aspire One/iPad/iPhone/BB 9630	If you are looking to share one or two books-on seperate accounts-can the books be on a memory card,can you do it that way ? (it seems to me this could work...no ? ) We maintain two seperate accounts (and actually I wasn't aware until this thread that you could not register a device on two accounts-grrr)-occasionally there is a book that either of us would like the other to read-and we'd like to read them WITHOUT having to switch readers (ESPECIALLY true,now that I just bought a 700....I mean that's how he ended up with his 505,because I didn't want mine to "disappear" and bought him one.....grr)-and we would not want to lose purchased books on either account (although somehow in the end it seems I will be paying for everything twice-I am sensing a pattern...)

01-10-2009, 12:14 PM	#20
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	the other obvious way around this problem is to buy books in a format like lit or mobi and remove the drm.

01-10-2009, 12:29 PM	#21
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I suggested in another thread that you can share an Adobe ID (for Secure Adobe ebooks) between ebook store accounts - however I have not tested this. Adobe has a 6 device limit, and a device can only be assigned to one Adobe ID, but the difference to the Sony store is that the Adobe ID isn't your account ID.

01-10-2009, 09:05 PM	#22
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Or you could just exchange readers for a few days, while you each read the other person's books.

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