How many people can share an Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription?

What is Amazon Kindle Unlimited?

When you have an Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription, you can access millions of e-books and thousands of audiobooks and magazines for only $12 a month. You don't necessarily need the best Amazon Fire tablet out there since you can also use any device with a Kindle app. But if you're looking for a new Kindle, the Amazon Kindle 2022 is a great choice.

I've been a subscriber for several years and have found many of my favorite books and titles on the service. For example, the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series are available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited, and reading them via subscription is way cheaper than purchasing the titles individually.

Amazon often runs promotions where you can sign up for multiple months of Kindle Unlimited at a time (two, six, or even 12) for a discounted rate per month. If you're an avid reader, it's a great deal.

Once you're subscribed, you can borrow up to 20 eligible Kindle Unlimited titles at a time and any number of magazines that don't count against your limit. In standard search results, you can browse the dedicated Kindle Unlimited library or see eligible books with the Kindle Unlimited badge. If you've run out of space, you can return some titles and re-borrow them later.

Kindle Unlimited is available in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, Brazil, Japan, India, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia. The total number of e-books has increased since last year. Hopefully, you'll find more titles that interest you.

How many people can share an Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription?

A Kindle Unlimited subscription is associated with one Amazon Prime account. If your family uses the same Prime login, you can all access borrowed e-books on separate Kindles or computers. But if you have separate Amazon accounts, you'll need to set up an Amazon Household before sharing Kindle Unlimited e-books.

With a Household, you can link two "adult" accounts, up to four "teen" accounts, and up to four "child" accounts under a single paid Prime membership. This allows two adults to have separate order histories and payment information and share their purchased e-books and audiobooks.

Amazon Household also lets adults monitor teens' purchases rather than giving them free access to the main account. Kids won't be able to make payments, but they can see parent-approved e-books on their Amazon Fire Kids tablets.

Amazon Household gives everyone access to Prime shipping, discounted grocery delivery, Amazon Photos storage, and other perks. You can also share Kindle or Amazon Music Unlimited by default. You can subscribe to a family plan for music, but Kindle Unlimited doesn't have a family option.

How to share Amazon Kindle Unlimited eBook access

We have a guide on how to create an Amazon Household you can follow. The quick summary is that you must go to this Manage Your Household page and send an invitation for another adult or teen to log into their separate Amazon account. Then, you must approve your invite so the two accounts merge into one Household.

Then, on that same page, you must Manage Your Family Library and confirm whether you want to share all ebooks, audiobooks, and games by default or have to share them individually.

The primary Kindle Unlimited user must initiate all borrowing even if you enable automatic sharing. So, teen or linked adult accounts can only access Unlimited e-books if they ask the primary user to borrow and share them first. Otherwise, the store page will only show the option to buy the e-book or subscribe to Kindle Unlimited.

Once the primary user borrows a Kindle Unlimited book on the main account, the secondary user will see it in their shared library. Otherwise, they can go to the Digital Content page, search for the ebook in question, and send it to a linked Kindle device.

So that's how different people can access one Kindle Unlimited account! If one person borrowing for everyone sounds like too much work, multiple users can subscribe to Unlimited; otherwise, you'll just have to take advantage of the many ways to get low-cost (or free) e-books and content on your Kindle e-readers.