Tag: kindle lending
Penguin Tentatively Returns eBooks to Libraries, but Not Kindles
By launching a pilot program to bring their publications back to libraries through OverDrive competitor 3M, Penguin has taken a step back toward serving its customers. At least so long…
Amazon Brings Harry Potter to Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
After years of waiting and fan requests, J.K. Rowling has finally got her Pottermore site running well and offering eBook versions the Harry Potter series to owners of Kindles, Nooks,…
Amazon Launches its own Kindle Lending Library
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) just announced a new service for Amazon Prime members called Kindle Owners Lending Library. It is a Netflix for books of sorts. As a voracious reader, I…
Kindle Library Lending Has Begun (In Seattle)!
The long anticipated release of Kindle library lending has begun! Beta testing for the new integration with Overdrive Library, a product of the Cleveland-based company whose software powers most library…
Kindle Book Library For Amazon Prime Members Coming Soon…Maybe
Apparently Amazon has been working on a way to offer Amazon Prime customers a Kindle platform lending library experience similar to what Netflix users have come to expect. While this…
Considering An Extreme Possibility Of Kindle Book Lending
At this point we know that the Kindle as a physical purchase is not where Amazon is looking to make their money. If anything, the fact that they have gone…
Kindle Books and Lending: The Complicated Relationship
Over the course of the eReader race so far, one of the biggest points of contention has been the potential for book lending. For quite a while, this was a…
Library Books and the Kindle, What’s the Deal?
When the Kindle vs Nook competition began, a lot of those of us who take an interest in such things were making a fairly big deal about the advantages of…
Kindle Book Lending – Some Thoughts
One of the more eagerly awaited Kindle features lately has been book lending. While lending was announced a while go, of course, it’s only just been turned on. Guess what?…