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Is there anyway to return ebooks? or rent ebooks for a long period of time?
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You can rent textbooks from Amazon or Lend out books for two tweaks. You can return eBooks if you contact Amazon and Apple and sometimes they will refund you if it was an accidental purchase.
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I've never tried returning ebooks. My local library has a free overdrive.com account that allows me to rent ebooks for up to 3 weeks. It's not a terribly long period of time - but it should be enough to finish most books.
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You can return e-books from Amazon if you do it quickly (as in an accidental purchase).
"Books you purchase from the Kindle Store are eligible for return and refund if we receive your request within seven days of the date of purchase. Once a refund is issued, you will no longer have access to the book. To request a refund and return, visit Manage Your Kindle, click the actions tab for the title you’d like to return, and select “Return for refund”."
See: amzn.to/wEjpvF
On the renting front: Amazon also offers the Kindle Owners Lending Library which gives you access to a ton of books as part of an Amazon Prime Membership.
"The Kindle Owners' Lending Library allows eligible U. S. Amazon Prime members who own Kindle devices to choose from thousands of books to borrow for free -- including more than 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers -- as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates."
See: amzn.to/zoPlXO
You can get some books from Public Libraries as well.
"More than 11,000 libraries in the United States offer Public Library Books for Kindle to read on any generation Kindle device, free Kindle app, or in your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader. Public Library Books for Kindle provide the same unique features as Kindle and Kindle books, including Whispersync technology that synchronizes your notes, highlights and last page read, real page numbers, and more."
See: amzn.to/yAVRO4
Another great resource is Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/ (and despite being totally awesome and having a similar name - the project has nothing to do with Steve Guttenberg of Police Academy, Short Circuit and 3 Men and a Baby fame.)
"Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today."
For instructions on how to add Project Gutenberg books to your Kindle see: bit.ly/xWMM0B
"Books you purchase from the Kindle Store are eligible for return and refund if we receive your request within seven days of the date of purchase. Once a refund is issued, you will no longer have access to the book. To request a refund and return, visit Manage Your Kindle, click the actions tab for the title you’d like to return, and select “Return for refund”."
See: amzn.to/wEjpvF
On the renting front: Amazon also offers the Kindle Owners Lending Library which gives you access to a ton of books as part of an Amazon Prime Membership.
"The Kindle Owners' Lending Library allows eligible U. S. Amazon Prime members who own Kindle devices to choose from thousands of books to borrow for free -- including more than 100 current and former New York Times Bestsellers -- as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates."
See: amzn.to/zoPlXO
You can get some books from Public Libraries as well.
"More than 11,000 libraries in the United States offer Public Library Books for Kindle to read on any generation Kindle device, free Kindle app, or in your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader. Public Library Books for Kindle provide the same unique features as Kindle and Kindle books, including Whispersync technology that synchronizes your notes, highlights and last page read, real page numbers, and more."
See: amzn.to/yAVRO4
Another great resource is Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/ (and despite being totally awesome and having a similar name - the project has nothing to do with Steve Guttenberg of Police Academy, Short Circuit and 3 Men and a Baby fame.)
"Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today."
For instructions on how to add Project Gutenberg books to your Kindle see: bit.ly/xWMM0B
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I do this all the time. I figure if I can read a book in 7 days, the writer doesn't deserve to be paid in full. It's pretty easy and Amazon doesn't care. They don't mind the refund at all.
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