ereader for librrary books- is the lending period shorter for Kindle?

lego1 · 11-17-2011, 08:52 AM

I am a slow reader. I have read that with the kindle and overdrive, you can only check ebooks out for 14 days at a time. Is this true? Do they have a 21 day setting too? My old sony ereader allowed me to check out books for 14 or 21 days depending on what I picked when checking the ebooks out. I am wondering if Kindle only lets yo check ebooks out for 14 days? If so than I will not get a kindle and will get the new sony ereader instead.

thanks, Jen.

tubemonkey · 11-17-2011, 09:20 AM

It depends on your library. My libraries allow 7, 14, and 21 day loans; whether it's Kindle or EPUB.

anijh · 11-17-2011, 09:48 AM

I haven't seen any differences in the lending period between the two formats. Like tubemonkey, I can choose 7, 14, and 21 days.

ucfgrad93 · 11-17-2011, 11:45 AM

My library allows for a 21 day loan period for Kindle books.

JSWolf · 11-17-2011, 11:46 AM

Kindle eBooks can be borrowed for the same loan times as any other Overdrive eBook.It just depends on what the particular library allows. Some allow 7 or 14 days while others allow 7, 14 or 21 days.

11-17-2011, 08:52 AM	#1
lego1 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: sony 350	ereader for librrary books- is the lending period shorter for Kindle? I am a slow reader. I have read that with the kindle and overdrive, you can only check ebooks out for 14 days at a time. Is this true? Do they have a 21 day setting too? My old sony ereader allowed me to check out books for 14 or 21 days depending on what I picked when checking the ebooks out. I am wondering if Kindle only lets yo check ebooks out for 14 days? If so than I will not get a kindle and will get the new sony ereader instead. thanks, Jen.

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11-17-2011, 09:20 AM	#2
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,477 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	It depends on your library. My libraries allow 7, 14, and 21 day loans; whether it's Kindle or EPUB.

11-17-2011, 09:48 AM	#3
anijh Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 2126 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: South Florida Device: Nook 1e, Kindle Fire, and multiple iDevices	I haven't seen any differences in the lending period between the two formats. Like tubemonkey, I can choose 7, 14, and 21 days.

11-17-2011, 11:45 AM	#4
ucfgrad93 Wizard Posts: 2,360 Karma: 9026681 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen	My library allows for a 21 day loan period for Kindle books.

11-17-2011, 11:46 AM	#5
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,015 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Kindle eBooks can be borrowed for the same loan times as any other Overdrive eBook.It just depends on what the particular library allows. Some allow 7 or 14 days while others allow 7, 14 or 21 days.

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