You might be thinking, if
I do lend my books, they're going to stop buying those books.
They do lend books, they do lend ebooks.
Unfortunately for me, I was already familiar with the concepts and practices but
I did lend the book to a friend for reference and he did benefit from it.
Not exact matches
They'll only
lend you money if they can grab the assets, and I'm somebody that doesn't have many assets, except a big collection of economics
books.
Some of these are bound to work better than others (The
Book of Exodus doesn't really
lend itself to the sort of story Scott clearly wanted to tell), but the lesson to audiences is clear: Just because a movie is about the Bible doesn't mean you can know what to expect when you sit down to watch it.
He was reluctant to write this
book at all, because indigenous knowledge is so embedded in land, language, and lived experience that it
does not
lend itself easily to written explication.
I too am a hashimotos survivor & felt much better when I
did green smoothies from your
book the Green smoothie girl which I
lent out & never got back but the main cocept was still there & I stayed healthier using your concepts, no cols & flu.
i
lent my copy of the
book to a friend and now i am trying to piece together how to
do a phd - style ketogenic diet or «fast» both shorter and longer term.
The film never quite succeeds, simply because the
book's core virtues
do not
lend themselves to cinema.
To be honest, there actually is some merit to Kubrick's assertion that the
book is unfilmable, as the story itself doesn't really
lend well to the kinds of things film audiences would find easy to digest.
Also, as has been noted elsewhere, the Nazi visual design
does lend itself well to comic
book villains.
There are
books out there that don't necessarily
lend themselves to the film treatment.
These tasks
lend themselves specifically to the revision of essay questions of any topic or content subject [R.E., Biology; English; History; Geography...] and all you have to
do by way of preparation is apply the tasks to the specifics of your subject, particularly your exam board and provide some guidance as to where students can find information, whether that's in the text
book, online or reference
books.
Tiny screen doesn't fit much text on the page; E-
books more expensive than competition; Can't share
book passages or
lend books; Very small periodical selection
But what if your
book's topic doesn't
lend itself to an easy discussion starter?
I believe Amazon could because when you buy a Kindle
book from them, you don't really own it, and you agree to abide by their terms, which say you can only
lend it once, and you have to
do that their way.
Once the bedbugs infest the
books, not only
do they travel to a new home when the
book is
lent out again, they also infest the library and patrons find themselves bitten as they sit in the library's chairs.
I would say that libraries that
lend out digital
books do not directly hinder online retailers that sell the
books, because they are not in the position to buy them anyways.
I don't think its fair to blame libraries for devaluing
books by
lending them out for free.
I always avoided the
lending process for I prefer to own
books but I
did not want to pay $ 15 for the new release
book but I wanted to read it asap.
Since the eBooks are self - published, they
do not have to abide by the traditional one
book, one
lend philosophy.
For example, Simon & Schuster doesn't license for e-
book lending at all, and HarperCollins just introduced a policy to limit the number of loans per licensed e-
book to 26, in an apparent move to mimic the lifespan of a physical
book in library circulation.
I'd be happy with a system that let me transfer my purchases rather than sharing them - I don't expect my one download of a copy of the new Jonathan Frantzen to provide for the reading needs of my entire extended family at the same time, but
lending my Kindle - or in this case my iPad - means
lending every
book (and every other app), which is not the same as just
lending one
book.
Just because the
books are digital
does not mean libraries have unlimited copies to
lend out, though.
I'd argue against enrolling a cookbook in the KU
lending program since most of us want to hang on to our cookbooks, but yes, they're a good example of the type of
books you don't read from cover to cover.
There's something about having a
book to sell at the back of the room when you're
doing a speaking engagement, for example, that
lends you even more credibility than you may already have.
So all the folks
doing the
lending, they're Kindle customers from the start, taking only a brief detour into patron territory, and hopefully back into customer mode «if you check out the
book again, or subsequently buy it.»
Not really interested in
books I can't
lend or pass on for a dollar or two when I'm
done with them.
Because the
books are vetted by non-partial
book enthusiasts,
does that
lend them more credibility?
I'm seeing that most of the newest regions added don't have 70 % royalty rates * unless * you agree to use Amazon's
lending program and withdraw your
books from other bookstores.
Some popular e-reading platforms like Nook and Kindle
do offer users the option to
lend out
books for a limited period of time, but Ownshelf goes a step further by giving readers a central hub to swap and discover
books on their own terms.
• «Redbox» - style
lending machines or kiosks located throughout the community where people can check out
books, movies or music without having to go to the library itself: 33 % of Americans ages 16 and older would «very likely» use that service and another 30 % say they would be «somewhat likely» to
do so.
Not to mention you can
lend and borrow the
books to your friends and have a strong social media element to everything you
do within the system.
As long as there is restrictive DRM, you don't really «own» the
book, you can't
lend it (or at the best have extremely restricted
lending), and you can't sell it, then the customers aren't going to be willing to shell out as much, or sometimes more, for the
book.
ebookfling makes its money from the virtual credit system where users who
do not
lend books but want to be
lent books can pay a few dollars to request
books from other users.
These
lending sites might be a boon to people who have e-readers, but don't have any direct friends or family members who also have a device and the same taste in
books.
It's always a sad moment because that's when your friend looks up at you with wide, eager eyes and asks «So what
did you think of my favorite
book in the whole universe, the one I kindly
lent you for months on end, depriving myself and other readers of its powerful words so you could enjoy them?»
Most publishers opt out of
book lending and major franchises don't participate.
All you need to
do is register with the site, which is completely free to
do, and then you will be able to
lend and borrow
books.
Amazon didn't specify how long the
lending period was, but OverDrive typically has a 14 - day window, and other partners have limited the number of
books you can check out simultaneously to six.
Additional restrictions that prevent people
doing things, like reselling the
books and
lending them to friends and family, that they are allowed to
do with print
books, and which readers put great value on.
Matty: It
does seem like, if I look at your statistics — 14
books over four series and more than 200,000 sold — it seems as if that's a recipe that would
lend itself more easily to a full time gig.
One thing forgot to mention is with Kindle if you want to get into their «Kindle select» (their
lending library where you get royalties when people loan your
book out) you
do sign an exclusive deal with them but it's only for 90 days with a clear cutoff date when you can re-sign if you want.
The purchased
books are stored in the cloud and are accessible to all devices and applications linked to your account.You can keep local copies of the
books and you never have to worry about space issues.Here is the catch that you can not
lend books on kobo.You can download
books using wifi only because kobo also
does not offer 3G just like nook.
Also, I wouldn't pay $ 10 or more for
books that I don't fully own & can't
lend to friends or resell.
Your friend doesn't need a Nook to read a
book you're
lending, because Barnes & Noble provides reader software for a variety of devices: BlackBerry phones, iPhones, iPod Touches and Windows and Mac PCs.
The purchased
books are stored in the cloud and are accessible to all devices and applications linked to your account.You can also keep local copies of the
books and you never have to worry about space issues.You can also
lend a
book to a friend.You can also read e-
books loaned from the public libraries.The users have to download the e-
book to their computers and then transfer it using third party software unlike kindles.You can download
books using wifi only because nook
does not offer 3G.
The nook selection is awful, and I can't even add my own
lend me
books because they don't come up on the search.
Not only
did it help in the suspense - building, it also sort of
lends the
book some mysterious aspects.
Those who wish to
lend are looking for a legal way to
do what they've been
doing with physical
books.