Kindle books are now available at some libraries!
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MelStokes wrote:Does the library include only the free kindle books? Or are the kindle books normally for purchase available to check out as well?
No they are not Kindle Freebies. The libray has regular and top seller-list books in Kindle Edition, and more and more are becoming available all the time. Don't forget to click on "I'd like to read this book on Kindle" when looking at a book for reviews at Amazon when you notice that it doesn't have that edition.
I've read several books on Kindle from my library and one I reserved just came in.Also cool is the site 'BookLending' where you can borrow and lend your Kindle books,check it out!
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You have to rent physical books because there is a limited supply of them. But eBooks are essentially infinite in number. It's just data. It can be copied forever.
Is it because the library (or someone else) somehow makes money off this renting thing? That I can understand. Gotta make money. But it's just... renting data... it's crazy.
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You have a point but there is still copyright law as it relates to original work .... authors do need to eat occasionally too! It hardly seems fair that someone spends, in some cases, years working on a book to have it copied ad infanitum with no benefit to them. I presume you would like to be paid for your work and so also with authors.9bit wrote:I'm struggling to understand the concept of "renting" eBooks. It baffles me really.
You have to rent physical books because there is a limited supply of them. But eBooks are essentially infinite in number. It's just data. It can be copied forever.
Is it because the library (or someone else) somehow makes money off this renting thing? That I can understand. Gotta make money. But it's just... renting data... it's crazy.
That said IMO publishers are creaming it off & electronic versions should be significantly cheaper given the miminal costs involved in their production and distribution. I also have issues with ownership of a electronic copy of a book. IMO if I have paid for the book (in whatever format), it should be mine to lend but I agree with restrictions on copying it. I also have issues with the length of copyright ... for example James Joyce died in 1941 and yet some of his works only came off copyright in 2011.
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