Amazon Kindle: How to share purchased eBooks in your family library

With the Amazon family library you can use your bought Kindle eBooks together. We explain how it works. (Image: Perfecto Capucine via Pexels)

You bought an exciting e-book and would now like to share it with your family? But instead of having to buy it several times or giving away your Kindle, there is a clever other solution: the Amazon family library.

With this practical function of Amazon you can easily share your digital books with your loved ones, and without any additional costs.

Every family member can participate in your favorite books, whether exciting novels, helpful guides or inspiring non -fiction books.

In this guide we show you step by step how you set up the Amazon family library, add new members and what important restrictions there are to consider.

How do you create a Kindle family library?

To use the family library, two adults must be connected in an Amazon household. Purs to do so as follows:

  1. Log in to Amazon and openMy content and devices.
  2. Click onSettingsand then onAmazon Family.
  3. ChooseInvite an adultAnd follow the instructions on the link. Another Amazon account is required for this and the new user has to register now.
  4. Confirms which content you want to share. As soon as this is done, you can also add up to four children's profiles that receive access to released eBooks.

The released books are available on all Kindle services. So you can read them both on an Amazon Kindle reader and on a fire tablet.

In addition, access via the Kindle app on the smartphone and the Kindle program on the PC is possible.

Family library: Share Kindle books and read together

Family release can also be set up directly on the Kindle device. To do this, the reader must be connected to the Internet. This is how it works:

  1. Tap the screen at the top right to open the menu.
  2. Opens theSettings.
  3. Choose the optionHousehold and family library.
  4. Tap onAdd new person.
  5. Decide whether you want to add an adult or a child.
  6. Enter the registration data of the other Amazon user to link the accounts.
  7. Appracts the payment data.

As soon as the facility is complete, both users can access their bought Kindle books.

How can I only share certain books in the Kindle family library?

You can also add individual books to the family library. Purs to do so as follows:

  1. If it is available on the e-book, chooseShare with a family library.
  2. Go toMy content and devicesOn the Amazon website.
  3. Select the tabContentout of.
  4. Find the book you want to share.
  5. Click onActions(Three points next to the book title).

What are the restrictions at the Amazon family library?

The family library is a practical way to use content together, but there are also some restrictions.

  • For example, each account can only be removed from one household once a year.
  • In addition, not all eBooks can be shared, which can be checked in the product description before buying.
  • Children's profiles only have access to explicitly approved content, while magazines, audio books and some apps are fundamentally excluded from the family library.

How do you like the family library from Amazon? Is it useful for you to share content with your family members or do you not even know that there is it because this function is so unknown? Did we forget a trick that could help others deal with the family library better? Write it to us in the comments. We look forward to your opinion.