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by Terrence O'Brien on December 30, 2010 at 05:10 PM

Lend Kindle E-Books

In October, Amazon announced that it would begin allowing Kindle owners to lend books to friends and family, so long as they use a Kindle (or the Kindle app), too. The company promised the feature would arrive before the end of the year and, while Amazon is cutting it pretty close with a December 30th launch date, it stayed true to its word. Users can now lend e-books for up to 14 days, although they won't be able to read the books while they're out on loan, and publishers will ultimately decide whether to allow their books to be lent out at all. The total number of loanable books is unclear, but Amazon has said that it includes over half of the currently available library. Instructions for how to loan out books can be found here.

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source: CNET

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MarcoDec 31st 2010 2:05AM

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>> publishers will ultimately decide whether to allow their books to be lent out at all

Let's see W's "Decision Points" costs $9.99 for Amazon Kindle. The same as a hardcover book (a REAL book) costs $14.90. So, I would save $4.91 and I need a $200+ reader to read the book, need to pay for recharging the battery and finally need to pay the ophthalmology clinic because my eyes are damaged because the tiny display? Who exactly is the target audience for Amazon's Kindle? :| People with a good health insurance?!

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googlyDec 31st 2010 9:29AM

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@Marco

idiot

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LaurenJan 4th 2011 8:27PM

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@Marco you can make the font bigger, just so you know. though the kindle 3 is too small in my opnion.

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