I’m a big fan of sharing stuff if there is an opportunity to do so. But that’s not really possible when it comes to kindle books, is it. First of all they use DRM-locked software making your kindle books effectively locked into your kindle forever. Secondly you can’t lend them to anyone (I know that you can lend kindle books in the US, but not anywhere else in the world). For these two reason there were quite some hesitation on my part before starting to use the kindle app.

More often than not, you get more out of sharing than you put in when you decide to share and who wouldn’t want to get more in return than you put in? Besides the joy of sharing is beyond anything that you keep by yourself.

So how do you share your kindle books?

It’s quite simple really, since any kindle or kindle app connect to an amazon account all you need to do is to let your friend use your contact details and connect to your account. Voila! In that instance your friend also has access to all your kindle books in your library.

The merits with this is

  • Everyone gets a larger collection of books that they can read.
  • You will probably read books that you didn’t think of before.
  • You will see the notes and highlights of everyone that has access to the books. (When lending books in amazon, that’s not even an option)

If you think this sounds interesting I invite you to join in creating a small kindle book club with me. It will only be available for 10 persons, more than that and I imagine highlights and notes might become too busy. The only thing I ask is that you gift me a kindle book as a contribution for the library that our small bookclub will share.

Fill in this form here and I will contact you and give you the account details once you have gifted me a kindle book.

You’re probably curious what I currently read. The recent books I’ve read, which I also own as kindle books are: Inside Wikileaks, Nudge and Poke the box. The kind of books that usually poke my interest is books about humans (and how they work) and sustainability. I also read a lot of fantasy before, but not so much anymore. So if you read things similar or dissimilar, don’t hesitate to volunteer your interest!