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As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves

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Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can’t bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sleek new device and head into the stacks.

 

Amazon launches Kindle lending library

Amazon launches Kindle lending library

Amazon announced Thursday that it has launched a Kindle lending library for owners of its e-reader who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime service. Prime members can borrow one book a month, with no due dates. Users are allowed to have one book out at a time, the company said in a press release. All notes, bookmarks and highlights made on the borrowed book will still be there if the customer later purchases or re-borrows the book.

Senh: Wow, Amazon Prime is looking like a great deal. $79 a year for two-day free shipping, streaming movies and tv shows, and now borrowing books. It might be time for me to ditch Netflix Instant Watch.

 

Amazon to Add Library Lending to Kindle

Amazon to Add Library Lending to Kindle

Amazon.com said it will allow readers to borrow Kindle books free at more than 11,000 U.S. libraries, a new twist in the growing battle for market share among electronic tablet makers.

 

eBookFling: The Netflix of Books Crowdsources a Library

eBookFling: The Netflix of Books Crowdsources a Library

A few weeks ago, John Barber of the Globe and Mail wrote an interesting piece about the rise of ebook lending, both between friends and through libraries. “The increased demand is tremendous, it’s really remarkable,” Vickery Bowles, director of collections at the Toronto Public Library, told Barber.

 

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