Great news! Amazon.com announced last year that the Kindle will allow purchasers of electronic books to lend their e-books to others. This technology opens up worlds of possibilities that libraries offer eBooks to their customers with the readers of e-books. If libraries play their cards right they will be able to increase readership, increase circulation, increase visits to the libraries of all customers in a giant step by rapidly adopting this new technology. Exciting indeed!
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Huge news! Today Amazon.com announced that their Kindle is going to allow purchasers of their e-books to lend their e-books to other people. This technology opens up worlds of possibilities for libraries to offer e-books to their patrons who have e-book readers. If libraries play their cards right they will be able to increase readership, increase circulation, and increase visits to libraries by patrons all of one fell swoop by quickly embracing this new technology. It will happen sooner or later. Exciting indeed! Read more here:http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/entry.jspa?externalID=581
