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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
Well, I like the idea of being able to lend books and would like to try it out. I have one friend with a Kindle right now, so the 1 time lending restriction won't be too big a deal.
I don't mind not being able to read the book while it's out--that's what lending *is*--but I wish I could set a variable time, and I wish I could lend it more than once--what is not a big deal now could become onerous down the road as more people have Kindles and Kindle apps.
But maybe this is a first step on the way to something better.
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I don't think anyone mentioned this already (if they did I missed it), but, I don't think *Amazon* set the terms of the lending. I think B&N did and no publisher (or few) will agree to different terms.
I'm sure smaller/self-publishers would be willing to agree to more generous terms, but then it causes confusion if there are different lending policies for different books.
On the plus side, with both B&N and Amazon allowing lending, that gives them some slight strength to push back against publishers and negotiate for more generous lending terms in the future.