The application is free to install and can be downloaded to your computer, tablet or smartphone. Return to the original email message to click "Accept" to deliver your book to your Kindle device or application. Loaned books expire after 14 days. Amy McClain has worked as both a feature writer and a copy editor for a prestigious daily newspaper.
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By Amy McClain. A confirmation message will display. Loaned books must be accepted within seven days, otherwise they will be returned to the lender. The lender cannot read the book when it is out on loan. To see if a book has lending enabled before purchasing, click the "Product Details" link in the book description. Reading with Kindle You can read most borrowed books with Kindle available in the U.
To send a book to Kindle and read it there: Tap. Tap loans at the top of the screen. Tap Read With Tap Kindle. You'll be taken to Amazon's website to finish getting the book.
If you're not signed into your Amazon account, tap Get Library Book , and sign in. These cookies allow you to explore OverDrive services and use our core features.
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This information helps us design a better experience for all users. To learn more about cookies, please see our Cookie policy. To learn more about how we use and protect your data, please see our Privacy policy. From there that person can access the Manage Your Content and Devices section of their account. Have the lender click on the Action box right next to the title of the ebook, which is denoted by an ellipsis.
From there, click on Loan this title. If the option is not available, this means that the book is not eligible for lending. If the book is eligible for lending, you will get several fields that you can fill out. Once the lender has filled out the fields, click the Send now tab. Once the book has been sent, check your email and open the message. In the email body, click on the tab that says Get your loaned book now. You will be prompted to sign in and pick a device to send the borrowed book to , then click on the Accept Loaned Book button.
To return the ebook, go to Manage Your Content and Devices via the amazon. From the pop-up menu, select Return this book. Confirm the return by clicking Yes. Even with the advent of non-physical texts, the good old public library remains an option for borrowing ebooks as well.
Just because the books are digital does not mean libraries have unlimited copies to lend out, though. Like regular books, each digital copy is treated like one title and can only be borrowed by one person at a time.
Find out if the public library lends out Kindle books. To use the latter, go to search. After you have found the book that you want, sign into your Amazon account once you get to the checkout portion. From here, select the device or Kindle app that you want to send the borrowed ebook to.
If using a Kindle, connect it online via Wi-Fi. If not you will need to manually sync your Kindle. To do that, go to your Kindle menu and tap the Quick Actions tab it looks like a gear.
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