If you own a Kindle you may soon be able to check out e-books through your local library:
Amazon is preparing a new service called Kindle Lending Library that will allow users of its popular e-reader to check out Amazonian ebooks from 11,000 neighborhood and educational libraries.
“We’re excited that millions of Kindle customers will be able to borrow Kindle books from their local libraries,” said Amazon Kindle headman Jay Marine when announcing the service, which is scheduled to launch later this year, and which will be available to all generations of Kindles, plus other platforms running Amazon’s Kindle software.
That’s good news for Kindle owners. Kindles, in addition to other e-readers, have become more popular with young readers. By partnering with public libraries, Amazon is providing young readers with easy access to thousands of titles. Students will be able to read more without having to pay for titles of their choice.
Just imagine: students may soon be able to create individualized reading lists through our own Find a Book tool and then check out the e-book versions, downloading them directly onto their Kindle.
Kudos to Amazon for partnering with public libraries to get more books into the hands of readers everywhere.
Tags: Amazon, e-readers, Find a Book, kindle
