If A Kindle Stops Working

[naomi24]

I have an Amazon Kindle and get all my books for it from Amazon. If my Kindle stopped working, what would happen to my many books? Would I be able to download them again from Amazon onto a new Kindle?

[humbersloop]

Yes

[DJHawkes]

i assume like the kobo you have downloaded them using an email address, not sure if like the kobo you can sare them on up to 5 devices but you should have them on your host laptop at least. if the kindle has stopped do a soft reset, failing that do a master reset, have you put a tablet security software on it?

[humbersloop]

it's a kindle dotty, it's not kobo

[DJHawkes]

yes i know, nothing like as flexible, no open platform and no security built in. still should be able to do at the very least a soft reset

[SpikeyBush]

My sister-in-law has a Kindle and is the sort of person who can get confused by a lightswitch. Her kindle got its knickers in a knot over whether it was in the UK or Ireland and as a result would not download new books. She telephoned Amazon, got through to someone really quick and they sorted it out there and then. But first I had to explain to her how to telephone the UK.

[DJHawkes]

oh yes amazon will sort it quick sticks, they make no money on the devices only on the ebooks and without a device you can't buy their ebooks,

[meglet]

I'm sure there is a limit as to how many times you can own load purchases though. I had mine downloaded to my 3rd kindle (previous 2 broke), iPad, iPhone etc and got an error message that I had used all my licensed copies (or something like that) when I tried downloading to a further device.

[naomi24]

Thanks very much everyone.