Amazon announced yesterday that Kindle ebooks will be available in 11,000 public libraries:
" 'Starting today, millions of Kindle customers can borrow Kindle books from
their local libraries," said Jay Marine, Director, Amazon Kindle. "Libraries are
a critical part of our communities and we're excited to be making Kindle books
available at more than 11,000 local libraries around the country. We're even
doing a little extra here - normally, making margin notes in library books is a
big no-no. But we're fixing this by extending our Whispersync technology to
library books, so your notes, highlights and bookmarks are always backed up and
available the next time you check out the book or if you decide to buy the
book.'
Customers will use their local library's website to search for and select a
book to borrow. Once they choose a book, customers can choose to "Send to
Kindle" and will be redirected to Amazon.com to login to their Amazon.com
account and the book will be delivered to the device they select via Wi-Fi, or
can be transferred via USB. Customers can check out a Kindle book from their
local library and start reading on any generation Kindle device or free Kindle
app for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry or Windows Phone,
as well as in their web browser with Kindle Cloud Reader...."
I'm going to check to see if my public library is one of those 11,000!
;')
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