Shhhhh....

Shhhh... I think I've learned a secret and I don't want the library to find out that I know. 

If they know that I know, they may try to tighten up and correct this little quirk in their digital borrowing.

Art was trying to finish his science fiction book on his Kindle Fire when the three week borrowing time expired.  He was disappointed.

However when I checked my regular Kindle, the book was still there.

So we switched readers.  He finished his book on my Kindle and I started reading my book on his Fire.

I figured it could possibly be because I never turn the WiFi on with my Kindle.  That way the battery lasts a lot longer.  I'd noticed that several books whose time had already expired were still on my Kindle reader even though I returned it earlier from my Manage Your Kindle site.

After Art had finished reading his book, I decided to experiment.  I turned on the WiFi on my Kindle reader and voila!  All the overdue library books disappeared.

Now that I know this, I'm feeling the pressure ease a bit.  If I don't finish a book, I can just make sure I don't turn on my WiFi and I should be fine. Art just turned off the WiFi on his Fire too. 

Now you know the secret.  Please don't tell the library I found out.  It's made my life a lot easier.

POSTSCRIPT 1:  From the comments I've received so far, it surprised me that some people thought others on the library waiting list would not be able to read the book if I didn't turn on my wifi and let the book disappear from my Kindle.  That never occurred to me because when I looked into my Manage Your Kindle, it showed that the book loan had expired.  I figured that meant the next person was able to read it.  I've also returned books early as soon as I finished them.  I did not know until this week that the book itself was still there.  I looked on line and found many, many people had discovered this little glitch and were divided as to whether or not it really meant the book could not be read by others if you didn't turn on your wifi to truly return it.  Some felt it was the principle of the thing that you should turn on your wifi to return a book because that's the rule you agreed to.

We do need the USB connection to borrow books.  I wonder why overdue books don't just disappear when you connect by the USB.

POSTSCRIPT 2:  I've been researching a bit more on this topic and also learned that this is an Amazon glitch and not a public library glitch. They felt that Amazon would soon discover this and correct it.

There Forever on Kindle?

There were some free books that I bought on my Kindle that I wanted to remove.  To be perfectly honest they were Christian books.  I'm not against them at all.  It's just not my preferred reading material since well... I happen to not be Christian.  I avoid the books that are too racy or too scary, but sometimes it's hard to know if something is going to be heavily religious unless you carefully read all the reviews and know what kind of writer the author is.

I googled how to delete books and learned that you can take books off your Kindle list, BUT it is always in your Archived Folder so it's not really gone from your account which can be accessed through the reader.

I've read how some people had racy books on their Kindle and then wanted to give their reader to their children, but couldn't because once you have a book on your Kindle it's there forever.  Kids can easily access your Archived folder to see what you've put there.  I'm sure you all have nothing but G rated classics, but if you have something there by mistake... oops!

This is a problem.  I hope Amazon does something about this.  I'd also like them to label their Free Limited Time Offer books as Christian or Violent or Sexual Content or whatever.

Just thought I'd let you Kindle readers know about this.

POSTSCRIPT:
Wow!  I can't believe it!  I found a site that explained how to remove unwanted books from your Archived List.  I tried it and it works.  Woo hoo!  I got it from a site called  Kindle how to Series, How to delete items from kindle?

Here's what it said:

To delete books from kindle forever do as follows:

1- Log on to your Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.
2- Navigate to the section entitled “Your Orders”.
3- To the left of the book you want to remove, you will see a grey icon with a plus sign. Click it. This opens a panel with information about the book and a button offering you to “Delete this title” and that’s simple how to delete items from kindle.

Art's Kindle?

Since I'm reading my library books that I bought a couple of weeks ago, Art picked up my Kindle and started reading Elisha's Bones by Don Hoesel. It's supposed to be like Dan Brown without the controversy.

I have to tell you that Art usually falls asleep reading. This made me a little nervous since I didn't think it would be great to see my Kindle falling to the floor when his hands went limp. I've actually sometimes seen him asleep still holding a book. This is very weird. Perhaps this explains why my son was able to fall asleep anywhere, too.

Anyway, I was surprised to see Art reading for over an hour and then picking the Kindle up the next several days and staying up while reading! He was totally glued to the story I'd downloaded from the Kindle Free (Limited Time Offers) site. I just checked and found the book is no longer free. It costs $2.39 now.

Well... I'm almost done with my book so I was going to read this magical book that could keep Art up reading. However, Art has now started reading Moby Dick on the Kindle.

Ah wellll......