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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
I don't think they're comparable. You can't teleport your paper book to a dozen people around the world and get it back in flawless condition.
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I know it's not exactly comparable. However one of the attractions of ebooks is that it's supposed to improve on the experience of reading physical books, in addition to being more eco-friendly etc. That's how the industry is advertised. Therefore we as consumers should expect an improvement, not less functionality as is mostly evident in this case.
The only improvement Amazon's book lending has is as you indicated that you can lend the book to someone miles away freely and that's it. The rest of the feature is a step backwards to me. We should be able to either choose how long we wish to lend the book to someone (for those of us that "forgets" to read and return in a timely manner
), lend it multiple times etc. It appears to me that Amazon is meeting consumer demand on this issue at a bare minimum. Maybe because of publisher restrictions their hands are tied on some of the features. I don't know. Only time will tell.