Tag Archives: kindle
Penguin Kindle eBooks No Longer Available From Libraries
From my local library system: The Southern Adirondack Library System received no notification of this fact before it was implemented by Overdrive and Penguin USA. OverDrive has confirmed the details, stating on its Digital Library blog that the company was … Continue reading
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
A lot like the video benefits you get from Prime: mostly titles from years ago that you don’t really want to read anyway with a few exceptions. Ooh – like Guns, Germs and Steel. Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
Kindle Library Lending Now Available
Uses Overdrive, which probably means the selection is crappy and the waiting times are long. I just tried checking out the Andre Agassi book. I think I requested it to be placed on hold for me. It’s also available only … Continue reading
“Reading Is(n’t) Easy” by Christian Ross
Ross on how difficult library e-book systems are. I think people really want Netflix for books. Imagine if Amazon charged $10 a month for access to every Kindle book. That’s more convenient than using a library e-book lending system, and … Continue reading
SALS and Kindle Lending
My local library system’s “all you need to know” about Overdrive and Kindle Lending. The rules are pretty much what you’d expect. This is pretty much Netflix streaming for books — no new titles for a bit, and you’ll wait … Continue reading
Nook friends
Bookfriend.me is a site that lets Nook users lend each other books. Via Justin Blanton, who writes: Quick, someone make this for the Kindle (which just added book lending). (Relatedly, no one actually owns a Nook, right?) I know two … Continue reading
Instapaper: The Kindle Killer App
The buzz is that the Kindle will die after the iPad is released. I’m not so sure. I think there might be room for both, simply because I think the iPad will not be a good reading device. I don’t … Continue reading
Link: Jeff Bezos answers some questions about the Kindle
Talking about how people can self-publish their books through Amazon for the Kindle: NYT: How does that work? Bezos: Basically you submit the book, you set the price for it, we charge the customer and then we give you 35 … Continue reading