Lending Kindle Books Feature Coming Soon

In a note to readers, Amazon said they will allow readers to lend books to other Kindle users “later this year.” Control of the feature is “solely up to the publisher.”

What do you think? Follow this link to read the Amazon note to readers. MobileRead discussion board members have been debating the issue for a long time.

Scott Porad, the CTO of the Cheezburger Network, complained about the Kindle’s lack of lending features in a blog post last year: “If I were an author, I’m not sure I would like this because it eliminates the viral nature of books. 

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