Thread: Amazon to launch Library Lending
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Old 04-20-2011, 12:43 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
"Considering they're using a Kindle app to get to the books, not ADE on a PC, it is not impossible that they might do on-the-fly format conversion; Overdrive server to Amazon server to Kindle. Or maybe they could check out the epub/pdf license and serve an equivalent mobi book. Or maybe overdrive will serve epubs with kindle drm to a secret epub reader on the kindle. Or maybe Amazon will pay for a pool of mobi books to be fronted by the libraries. Lots of ways to slice that loaf..
I'm super-curious about that part myself, especially as the news release specifically uses the term "Kindle books" throughout ...
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