Announced today April 20, 2011 Amazon's Kindle will finally support library lending.
Later this year, Kindle owners and those who run Amazon's Kindle apps will be able to borrow books from over 11,000 local libraries. While playing catch-up with the Nook and Sony Reader, Amazon needed a way to differeniate their Kindle lending among the competition. Jay Marine, Amazon Kindle's director states, "Normally, making margin notes in library books is a big no-no. But we're extending our Whispersync technology so that you can highlight and add margin notes to Kindle books you check out from your local library. Your notes will not show up when the next patron checks out the book. But if you check out the book again, or subsequently buy it, your notes will be there just as you left them, perfectly Whispersynced."
I'm sure Amazon will see great benefits from their Kindle sales by adding this library lending feature. I personally know a handful of people that were opposed to purchasing the Kindle for this particular reason and chose to buy a Sony Reader instead.
Later this year, Kindle owners and those who run Amazon's Kindle apps will be able to borrow books from over 11,000 local libraries. While playing catch-up with the Nook and Sony Reader, Amazon needed a way to differeniate their Kindle lending among the competition. Jay Marine, Amazon Kindle's director states, "Normally, making margin notes in library books is a big no-no. But we're extending our Whispersync technology so that you can highlight and add margin notes to Kindle books you check out from your local library. Your notes will not show up when the next patron checks out the book. But if you check out the book again, or subsequently buy it, your notes will be there just as you left them, perfectly Whispersynced."
I'm sure Amazon will see great benefits from their Kindle sales by adding this library lending feature. I personally know a handful of people that were opposed to purchasing the Kindle for this particular reason and chose to buy a Sony Reader instead.
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