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	<title type="text">Kindle library ebook lending feature rolls out &#8211; The Verge</title>
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	<updated>2011-09-21T21:55:00+00:00</updated>

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				<name>Sean Hollister</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Kindle library lending open to all, brings wireless ebook borrowing to 11,000 public institutions]]></title>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[You don't have to live in Seattle to borrow Kindle ebooks from your library anymore - today, Amazon's imbued 11,000 public libraries across the country with the very same functionality that hit the Emerald City two days ago. That means you're a zip code search away from discovering whether your OverDrive-equipped library has Kindle ebooks, [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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<p>You don't have to <a href="http://www.oystercarnival.com/2011/9/21/2440966/kindle-library-ebook-lending-beta-seattle">live in Seattle</a> to borrow Kindle ebooks from your library anymore - today, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.oystercarnival.com/brands/7">Amazon</a>'s imbued 11,000 public libraries across the country with the very same functionality that hit the Emerald City two days ago. That means you're a <a href="http://search.overdrive.com/">zip code search</a> away from discovering whether your OverDrive-equipped library has Kindle ebooks, and a library card number and PIN away from downloading them to your device. That's assuming, of course, that you've got a USB cable or a steady dose of Wi-Fi. If you've got a Kindle 3G, Whispersync will still keep track of your notes and the like, but the company's not going to foot the bill to download th …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2011/9/21/2441008/kindle-library-lending-open-to-all-brings-wireless-ebook-borrowing-to">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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				<name>Sean Hollister</name>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Kindle library ebook lending goes beta, at least for Seattle residents]]></title>
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			<updated>2011-09-21T17:20:04-04:00</updated>
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							<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Amazon's Kindle forums are aflutter as a few users are now seeing that the promised library lending feature for Kindle is live in some areas - Seattle at the very least. Amazon announced in April that it would be bringing the service, but since then has stayed quiet besides posting an information page detailing how [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			
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						<p>Amazon's Kindle forums are aflutter as a few users are now seeing that the promised library lending feature for Kindle is live in some areas - Seattle at the very least. Amazon <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?ID=1552678&amp;c=176060&amp;p=irol-newsArticle">announced in April</a> that it would be bringing the service, but since then has stayed quiet besides posting an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200747550">information page detailing how the lending would work</a>. If you're not familiar with how Amazon intends to handle ebook lending, here's the short version: your local library has a limited number of licenses for ebooks, which you can borrow for a set period of time; the service will be US-only. You'll also need to download the books over Wi-Fi or over USB, as it w …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2011/9/21/2440966/kindle-library-ebook-lending-beta-seattle">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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