Select ' Kindle Edition' from the available purchasing options, and then click on the ' Buy for others' box at the right of the screen. To get started, open the Amazon website on a smartphone or PC (the iOS and Android apps don't allow Kindle e-book purchases) and type in the title of the book.

While it may not come close to gifting someone a physical book, there are times when it makes sense to gift a Kindle e-book, and Amazon offers an easy way to do this. Related: How To Lend Kindle Books (And Why It Doesn't Always Work) When signed in to an Amazon account, a reader's progress in an e-book will be synced across all their devices, which makes its easy for a person to start reading on a Kindle and then pick up where they left off on their smartphone or tablet. This allows pretty much anyone with access to the internet a way to read an e-book. There are Kindle apps for Android and iOS, and even a Kindle web reader. The best part about a Kindle e-book is that users don't necessarily have to own a Kindle to read them.

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