While I was wrapping up a conference on a totally unrelated matter yesterday, Amazon unveiled its long awaited public library lending feature for Kindle ebooks. You can find out the official details at www.amazon.com/kindle/publiclibraries. This morning I gave it a shot with my local library. I’ve never particularly liked the whole OverDrive experience with EPUB [...]
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Kindle library lending coming to U.S. next month?
Last April, Amazon announced it would offer Kindle books at public libraries by the end of 2011. Amazon still won’t give a definite date, but Steve Potash, the CEO of OverDrive (which is providing the technology behind the library lending feature) gave a wink-wink sort of clue at a recent public event (look at the [...]
Amazon announces partnership with OverDrive to bring Kindle ebooks to public libraries
Amazon has announced it will release a Kindle compatible format for public libraries later this year — which means you’ll finally be able to check out library ebooks on your Kindle.
Figuring out sideloading on the updated Kindle for iOS app
Updated 12 Jan 2010 with corrections. It turns out that the best new feature of the updated Kindle app… After hearing back from others as well as from an Amazon developer, I re-tested all of my files on both an iPhone 3GS and an iPad, after restarting both of them, and the problems are nowhere [...]
Kindle users already forming community lending libraries
There are days when I love the Internet. It’s been less than 24 hours since Amazon rolled out ebook lending, and already there are half a dozen places online where you can lend and borrow Kindle titles with complete strangers. I imagine some Kindle owners would balk at public lending, either because they want to [...]
Amazon's new lending feature is probably going to anger some publishers
When it comes to Kindle features, Amazon tends to follow the aphorism that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission. This strategy doesn’t always work–see the text-to-speech controversy–but it helps give Amazon the element of surprise in the marketplace. With that in mind, I have a feeling that some indie publishers are going to be [...]
Kindle ebook lending is now available
With two days left before the end of the year, Amazon finally delivered on their promise to enable ebook lending on the Kindle Store this morning. You won’t find it on every title, but if it’s available then you’ll see a prompt in two places: 1. At the top of the product page for books [...]
Use free Bluefire app to read library ebooks on your iPad or iPhone
If you own an Apple device and want to access library ebooks on it, try the free Bluefire app now available on the App Store. It has the ability to authorize and open OverDrive files, so you can read your library books on your iPhone or iPad. The original instructions at mobiputing.com explain the app [...]
Amazon promises ebook lending, plus mags and newspaper subscriptions on Kindle apps
Two great pieces of news today: Ebook lending One thing Nook has had over Kindle from the beginning was its lending feature: on Nook, you can loan a Barnes & Noble ebook out to another Nook customer one time for fourteen days. It’s not perfect–you can only loan an ebook once, then the ability is [...]
Don’t believe the hype about lending ebooks on the Barnes & Noble nook
B&N wants the world to think that you can loan your ebooks to friends on their Kindle competitor, the nook. The reality is that the feature is so restricted that it is barely usable at all.
Don't believe the hype about lending ebooks on the Barnes & Noble nook
B&N wants the world to think that you can loan your ebooks to friends on their Kindle competitor, the nook. The reality is that the feature is so restricted that it is barely usable at all.