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chime » heartbroken
November 25th, 2020 11:50:11pm
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So apparently there is a way to share kindle books with friends and family. It's lending the book to them for 14 days I think. However, I've never done this and I am new to the lending ebook party. Has anyone ever done this? Is there a website that connects people looking for a certain book to borrow? Up until now I've solely used my kindle to borrow ebooks from the library but I have a couple I am interested in that are no where to be found and feel like buying is such a waste 😭 




 


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chime » heartbroken
November 25th, 2020 11:50:23pm
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♥⊱Iceberg⊰♥
November 26th, 2020 1:23:43pm
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There are a lot of free books on Amazon. Plus, they have Kindle Unlimited which you can usually get for free for a month or two. I'm not sure on the lending part. I think someone has the book which has lending abilities. Authors have to allow lending for their books too. Not all of them have that option.




 

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Administrator blitz 🪦 truly devious [every day i'm shufflin']
November 26th, 2020 1:27:44pm
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I've never done it, but I think Ice is right in that some books are lendable and some aren't. I've never tried past that though. I'm in a few book groups on facebook that have mentioned it, but I'm in Canada on CA Amazon, so I'm guessing lending to US Amazon isn't possible.




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Concourse [I'll rise up, I'll rise unafraid]
November 26th, 2020 1:44:12pm
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-drops a link and runs-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GJUXNRAHSH6LX6FA

This is also super helpful; https://bookriot.com/how-to-lend-a-kindle-book/




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♥⊱Iceberg⊰♥
November 26th, 2020 2:20:33pm
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There's also other apps on your phone where you can read books. There's something called Overdrive, but I am not sure what that all involves. I know libraries go through it... but that's all I really know.


I hope you find something. There's a lot of free ones on Amazon for sure though. If you tell me what genre you're into, I can help you find some :D




 

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Concourse [I'll rise up, I'll rise unafraid]
November 26th, 2020 2:25:12pm
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What books is it you want to read, but don't want to buy Chime?


 


I know you are super close to me. My local library system uses CloudLibrary - so if you have a local library maybe you can sign up and borrow them? I use the library ebook system a lot!




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chime » heartbroken
November 27th, 2020 11:34:51am
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I want to read book called "Follow Me" by Sara Shepard. I've checked my libraries and no one has it in print or ebook :( I just wasn't sure if there was a website out there for people seeking to be lent a book to connect with owners who have such books. 


ex. I'm looking to read Book Name Here does anyone have this? and then a response would be "Sure I have it, what's your email?" lol 


 




 

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♥⊱Iceberg⊰♥
November 27th, 2020 12:46:20pm
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It doesn't look like this book is available for lending according to Amazon. Try this website and see if you can find a library with it FOLLOW ME by Sara Shepard · OverDrive: ebooks, audiobooks, and videos for libraries and schools




 

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chime » heartbroken
November 27th, 2020 1:10:30pm
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Thank you Ice! :)




 

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