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Remember, the Public Libraries would only need to do this with the *difficult* Publishers. The other Publishers would be getting higher number of eBook sales through Overdrive. Amazon.com might be interested since currently they get ZERO Public Library eBook sales. Overdrive does not support the Kindle DRM scheme.
This Kindle loan idea is just a stop gap to bring some *difficult* Publishers to negotiate in good faith. By starting a pilot project and donating the first load of Kindles - Amazon.com could undermine the poor decisions some of the Publishers have made.
The DVD Video market survives quite well with Public Library loans, Blockbuster and NetFlix rentals, and retail sales. I think the the eBook market will eventually offer rental and subscription services. The Public Library does not decimate sales for the other media it loans. The Cartel should not obsess about these underfunded Public Libraries.
Imagine if the Cartel was a little more forward thinking. Get a hook into Overdrive. Whenever the hold queue is "long", or, the eBook is not available - offer to RENT the eBook NOW for $2.99 for 2 weeks. It is the same up sell that Amazon.com does with their free shipping. You can get it free if you are willing to wait. But, for a small price you can get it NOW!
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