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I don't believe any date for the introduction of lending has been announced yet, Lynn.
I guess they're worried that, if they allow ebooks to be loaned out more than once, there'll be a load of people who'll set up large "sharing groups" to lend their ebooks around. I've seen enough people talking about doing that until they realise each book can only be loaned once.
Thing is, with a physical book, there's at least some physical limit on who you can lend to, unless you're willing to post the book around the world. With an ebook, you could lend it to anyone, anywhere, at no cost. It's not entirely the same.
Even so, for myself, I'd have liked to see a little more flexibility in the proposed scheme - perhaps a limit of 5-10 loans per book.
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