Amazon's Kindle Owners' Lending Library Coming to UK
You don't need a card for this library.
Around this time last year, Amazon announced the launch of its Kindle Owners' Lending Library, a service that allows Kindle owners with Amazon Prime to borrow books for their Kindle for free. Today, the company announced that the Kindle Owners' Lending Library would soon arrive in the United Kingdom, as well as France and Germany. This means anyone with an Amazon Prime subscription will have the ability to borrow up to one book per month with no due dates.
"The Kindle Owners' Lending Library was launched less than a year ago in the US and customers are loving it," said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President of Kindle Content.
"It's also been great for independent authors, who get to reach a whole new audience and make money in a new way, and now they'll be able to reach even more readers around the world. We're excited to bring the lending library to the UK, Germany and France."
Users will have access to 200,000 titles including thousands of local-language titles and all seven Harry Potter books in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Additionally, Kindle Direct Publishing users that have signed up for KDP Select will have an opportunity to earn money every time their book is borrowed thanks to the KDP Select fund. The KDP Select fund was increased by $100,000 to $700,000 in October, and Amazon says a larger increase anticipated in November.
The Kindle Owners' Lending Library will launch in the UK, France, and Germany later this month.
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alidan the library lending on the kindle is a complete joke, you have to play by normal library rules.Reply -
bllue alidanthe library lending on the kindle is a complete joke, you have to play by normal library rules.Well you can borrow one book at a time with no due date. One book a month and when you borrow a new one you're asked to return the old one. You could read up to 12 books a year which saves more money than what you pay for Amazon PrimeReply -
alidan bllueWell you can borrow one book at a time with no due date. One book a month and when you borrow a new one you're asked to return the old one. You could read up to 12 books a year which saves more money than what you pay for Amazon PrimeReply
ok i mistook this for library lending, not the prime 12 books a year thing.
local library, literaly everything they have ebook related is on a 72+ minimum person waiting list, with one book on a 500+ person.
for the prime 12 book, thats not horrible, but not good for an avid reader either. as i know people who can burn through a good size book in 3 days, hell i have read 900 page book in 2 myself.