Amazon is introducing the Kindle Lending Library in the United Kingdom at the end of the month. In order to give customers a taste of local flavor, Amazon is securing various publishers to offer their digital books in the catalog. The companies currently committed to the platform are Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press, Icon Books, OUP Children’s Books, and Michael … [Read more...] about Amazon Securing British Publishers for Lending Library Launch
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Harry Potter eBooks Available on Kindle Lending Library June 19th
All seven of the of the Harry Potter ebooks are coming to the Amazon Kindle Lending Library on June 19th, 2012. If you are an Amazon Prime member you can download and read one of the Potter books for free every month with no wait time. Instead of having to buy the books to read them, Amazon will let you read one for free! The Harry Potter ebooks will be available in many … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks Available on Kindle Lending Library June 19th
Amazon Kindle Lending Library Tops 100,000 eBooks
Amazon rolled out a new system last year for people who belong to their exclusive Prime Membership. Every month you can download and read one full ebook on your Kindle Fire or via the website. The company reported today that their selection of books available for loan has topped 100,000 different selections. “Kindle Owners’ Lending Library continues to grow rapidly – with … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Lending Library Tops 100,000 eBooks
Penguin Removes Its New Titles from OverDrive’s Lending Library Catalog
OverDrive is the world’s leading provider of audio and ebook titles for public and school libraries, giving those institutions the ability to offer ebook borrowing for their patrons on a variety of e-reader devices, tablets, and PCs. More than 1,000 publishers rely on OverDrive to provide a wide variety of digital content to over 15,000 institutions. Make that just over 999 … [Read more...] about Penguin Removes Its New Titles from OverDrive’s Lending Library Catalog
Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon announced its plans to launch its flat-fee Kindle Lending Library earlier this month to coincide with today’s release of the Kindle Fire Tablet. Immediately, the critics came out to rail against the concept, a model which works very similarly to Netflix’s basic subscription: Amazon Prime members will be allowed one book loan per month from a catalog of more than 5,000 … [Read more...] about Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers
GoodEReader.com has reported on several new features that will be included with the new Kindle Fire tablet, especially some of the features that Amazon plans to include with the $79-per-year Amazon Prime Membership. One of those members-only perks will be access to Amazon’s own lending library for ebooks, the Kindle Lending Library. Originally, Amazon approached several … [Read more...] about Amazon’s New Members-Only E-Library Upsets Publishers