Re: [LUG] OT kindle app

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Subject: Re: [LUG] OT kindle app

From: Steven CÃtÃ <steven.cote@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:27:23 +0000

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I'm pretty sure you can't prevent an account from spending money once it's set up, but you can link the Kindle app to an Amazon account that doesn't have an credit card attached to it. This would allow you to download any free books via the kindle and not worry about any unauthorised spending.

There's some instructions here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3IRFCNF3E5K2W&cdThread=Tx3HJKUGLZXJBK

It's actually instructions for setting up a Kindle Fire, but all the important bits are what you do to the actual Amazon account. Then just link the kindle app to the creditcard-less account and you're good to go.

On 26 February 2014 18:11, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My daughter wants to use the kindle app on her tablet but that seems to need access to a credit card. Is there anyway to prevent her (or her friends) spending money if I link her to my account?
Tom te tom te tom

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