Will cities and communities continue to spend money on
lending books though their libraries when they are relatively inexpensive to «rent» by individuals just like a DVD?
Not exact matches
Just as with
books,
though, there are
books that you collect and
books that you consume; print
lends itself to titles that readers want to own for years to come, while ebooks were ideal for
books that readers enjoyed and then promptly moved away from.
Just because the
books are digital does not mean libraries have unlimited copies to
lend out,
though.
Book lending and borrowing are both free
though.
It really opens up a whole new world and
though the original investment is $ 79.00, once you own a Kindle, downloading newspapers alone is much cheaper than buying the paper variety and you can borrow Kindle
books from your local library, Amazon's
lending llibrary and there are tons of really good free Kindle
books to be had too, so it really isn't expensive in the long run.
Though the page turn buttons ought to be bigger and entering text with the on - screen keyboard is a drag, the Kindle saves you money not only with its low price but also with a new eBook
lending feature that lets you take
books out of the library or borrow them from friends.
Though Amazon has allowed people to
lend books from its library, many people are not able to use the service, which is very disappointing, We will try to find out the problem that has deprived people of using this feature.
You can also
lend books to someone who doesn't have a Nook, to read on their computer or iPhone or BlackBerry,
though the notification only comes from email.
The
though of
lending out
books for free?
However, the Kobo Store,
though much improved, still isn't on par with the Kindle or Nook e-
book stores, and Kobo doesn't have an e-
book lending option or anything like the Amazon Kindle
Lending library, which allows Prime members to check out certain e-books for free (one
book title per month).
Your library is visible by default,
though you can hide certain
books that you don't want to
lend and / or don't want your friends to know you're reading.
I don't write letters to politicians and
lend people
books and all that because it's political,
though — I do it because I sincerely, down in my bones, think that doing what I can to help slow AGW is the right thing to do.