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Option 2: Use your own Kindle account
You may set up a free account for yourself on Amazon and register this Kindle to your account. (or use your existing Amazon account) This will allow you to test the shopping features, and download your own free or paid ebooks.
First you will need to deregister it from the MIT Libraries account.
To De-register: Click Home button, Menu button, select "settings", then "deregister."
(Joanne will register it back to the MIT Libraries account when you return it).
On your computer, go to https://www.amazon.com/, your account/manage your Kindle. Follow their instructions under "register a new Kindle."
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8. Try shopping in the Kindle store (home, menu, "shop in Kindle store"). Buy a book (or search for free books), and download one to the Kindle. Here's a page where you can browse for free books:http://amzn.to/hee65Y
9. Install the Kindle software on your PC or Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch.
Download from Kindle support page: http://amzn.to/NtyFL
Start reading a book on the Kindle, then switch to your computer or mobile device and try picking up where you left off.
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