Amazon announces 14-day lending feature for Kindle books, newspapers and magazines for Kindle apps

Nook users can already lend ebooks they’ve purchased to others, and it looks like Kindle users will soon be able to do the same. Amazon has just announced that it will be offering a similar feature “later this year” that will let folks lend books they’ve purchased to other Kindle users for a 14-day period, during which the person that actually purchased the book won’t be able to read it themselves. That feature won’t be available for all ebooks, however, as it will be up to individual publishers and rights holders to enable it for a particular book. What’s more, Amazon has also announced that Kindle newspapers and magazines will soon be readable on the various free Kindle apps available for other devices — look for that feature to launch in the “coming weeks.” Amazon announces 14-day lending feature for Kindle books, newspapers and magazines for Kindle apps originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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