How to Lend a Kindle Book

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: November 18, 2022 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to lend a Kindle eBook from your Amazon account to another Kindle user. Keep in mind that not all eBooks can be lent; similarly, you must lend the book from your Amazon account's "Manage Your Content and Devices" page or the book's product details page, not from your Kindle itself.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Using the Manage Page

1
Open Amazon. Go to https://www.amazon.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open the Amazon home page.
- If you aren't logged into your Amazon account, click Sign in in the upper-right side of the page, then enter your email address and password.
2
Select Account & Lists. It's in the upper-right side of the page. A drop-down menu will appear.

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3
Click Your Content and Devices. This option is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens a page with your purchased eBooks listed.
4
Find the title you want to lend. Scroll down until you find the book that you want to lend to a friend.
5
Click ⋯. It's to the left of the book's name. A drop-down menu will appear.
6
Click Loan this title. If the book is able to be loaned, this is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens a pop-up menu.
- If you don't see Loan this title here, the book cannot be loaned.
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Enter an email address. Type in the email address of the person to whom you want to send the book.
- You can also enter a message to your recipient here.
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Click Send now. It's at the bottom of the pop-up menu. Doing so sends your book to them; they'll have 14 days to read it, after which point the book will be returned to your library.
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Have your friend return the book when they're done. To return manually the book you lent before the 14-day reading period is up, your friend can do the following:
- Open the Your Content and Devices section of their Amazon account on a computer.
- Click ⋯ to the left of the lent book.
- Click Delete from library in the drop-down menu.
- Click Yes when prompted.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Using the Product Details Page

1
Open Amazon. Go to https://www.amazon.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open the Amazon home page.
- If you aren't logged into your Amazon account, click Sign in in the upper-right side of the page, then enter your email address and password.
2
Click ☰. It's in the top-left corner of the page. A pop-out menu will appear on the left side of the page.
3
Click Kindle E-readers & Books. It's in the pop-out menu. An additional menu will appear.
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Click Kindle Books. This is in the middle of the menu. Doing so opens the Kindle Bookstore.
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Search for the book you want to lend. Type the title of the book into the search bar at the top of the page and press ↵ Enter, or scroll through the popular book titles.
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Select the book. Click the book's name to open the book's page.
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Click Loan this book. It's near the middle of the book's page.
- If you don't see this option, your book can't be loaned.
8
Enter an email address. Type in the email address of the person to whom you want to send the book.
- You can also enter a message to your recipient here.
9
Click Send now. It's at the bottom of the pop-up menu. Doing so sends your book to them; they'll have 14 days to read it, after which point the book will be returned to your library.
10
Have your friend return the book when they're done. To return manually the book you lent before the 14-day reading period is up, your friend can do the following:
- Open the Your Content and Devices section of their Amazon account on a computer.
- Click ⋯ to the left of the lent book.
- Click Delete from library in the drop-down menu.
- Click Yes when prompted.

Community Q&A

Question

Can a Kindle book be sent to a Gmail address?

Community Answer

Yes.

Warnings

As the lender, you will not have the ability to read the book while it is being loaned to another reader until either the 14-day loan period expires or until the reader removes the book from their digital library.

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Some publishers are eligible to opt out of the lending program, so not all books you purchase for your Kindle may be available for loaning to other readers.^{[1]
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