Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Kindle Library Lending will let you take books out on your e-reader or Kindle app, launching in US this year

We love books. We just don't love carrying more than one of them around. It's great to hear, then, that Amazon has figured out a new Kindle Library Lending feature, which will allow US customers to check the ethereal form of books into their Kindle (all generations are supported) or Kindle app-equipped smartphone or computer. Annotations will be retained, in case you decide to take the book out a second time or purchase it through Amazon, in which case they'll come flooding back in like fond memories of a good read. The service matches Sony's similar ebook library checkout offering, which is no coincidence as it's powered by the same company, OverDrive. It's set to launch later this year and you can read more about it in the press release after the break.

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