It will ask you if you want to get your free year of Amazon Kids+. Push the button for “Use Existing Amazon Account” and sign in with your regular Amazon account login information. Once it’s loaded, it’ll ask for your WiFi info and then ask you to register your Kindle. Turn on the Kindle eReader and choose your language and then let it load. Once that’s done, you can start setting up the Kids Kindle. So if you have a teen you want to share content with, you can make them a child account instead of a teen one). This is wildly stupid, but I don’t make the rules.

You can add up to four children (and a note that if you create a teen account, it will not let you share books that you purchase with a teen account. Go to your Amazon Household and sign in with your normal Amazon account.Īdd a child and put in their name and age. The first thing you need to do is create a profile for your child on your Amazon Account. Which meant that in the days after, there was a flurry of messages asking me how to set up a kids Kindle account (whether you wanted to use it for a kid or an adult). For the Kindle app on mobile, just go to Google Play or the App Store.During Amazon Prime Day a few weeks ago, the Kids Kindle eReaders were on SUPER sale (like. Remember, it's free, so only download it from trusted sources.įor the Windows or Mac version, get it directly through Amazon.

How to Download the Kindle App on PC and Mobile The functions are the same, however, so you just need to spend some time getting to know where everything is. For example, the layout on PC is slightly different from the mobile version. How the Kindle app works also depends on the device.

Related: The Best Tablets for Reading Ebooks and Other Digital Books There are different tools available as well, like a bookmark, highlighter, notebook, and even adjustable settings to make the document easier to read. Either way, your digital books will be there.įinally, you can just open and read them right on the Kindle app. If your purchase doesn’t show up, you can sync it manually. Once you have the app, it will automatically sync with your Kindle library and the ebooks you download.

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