In addition, you're not restricted to books downloaded from one store, as you can load your own EPUB files here and even use
some library lending services.
I always allow my ebooks to be lent, and they are available at Scribd and for Overdrive (
the library lending service) as well.
Amazon has announced that it will be following Sony's lead and launching
a library lending service for the Amazon Kindle in the US later this year.The new service will let Kindle readers borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 local libraries around... Read more
Earlier this past week, OverDrive announced that they have just launched
their library lending services in Japan.
Indeed, public libraries are experiencing major growth in e-book lending, especially since Amazon joined the e-lending world by opening up its DRM to enable lending and integrating it with OverDrive's
library lending service.
None of the major publishers are taking part in the monthly lending program — which the Authors Guild is also protesting — and Penguin just recently pulled its e-books from the public -
library lending service, saying it's concerned about piracy.