Amazon has finally decided to allow Kindle users to borrow e-books from libraries.
The Seattle-based retail giant did not specify when its “Kindle Library Lending” program would start, but the company did say that the perks of reading a purchased e-book on a Kindle e-reading device or through a Kindle app will be in place — such as syncing of notes across Kindle apps and readers, finding the last page read and highlighting of text.
Given how vocal Kindle users can be, I would expect libraries to start getting a whole lot of demands that they beef up their e-book collections real soon, now.
The official word from Multnomah County Library is that Kindle users will be able to access MCL’s downloadable e-books “sometime later this year.”
The library catalog currently lists 7840 downloadable e-books.