Amazon launches Kindle Library Lending program

Last April, Amazon announced the Kindle Library Lending program would let Kindle users borrow books from more than 11,000 U.S. libraries. Today, the program officially launched at all participating libraries. Users can search their local library's website, and when they find a book, they can choose "Send to Kindle," which then redirects them through Amazon.com and syncs their book down to their e-reader or Kindle app for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, BlackBerry or Windows Phone, or to the browser-based Kindle Cloud Reader. Like Sony's Reader Library Program, this lending program is powered by solutions from Ohio-based digital distribution company OverDrive, [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2011-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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