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Originally Posted by davem2bits
Yes, ebook lending sucked before Kindle jumped in!! The Libraries, Overdrive, and Amazon added a bunch more people looking for ebooks without adding anymore copies. The long wait lists are mostly folks that use EPUB or PDF versions of ebooks not the handful of Kindle owners that have found kbooks at their libraries. IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
Part of the problem, as I see it, is that the default is to check the ebook out for 21 days. Not enough people know how to change that or how to return the ebook after they finish it. The default check out length should be 7 days or a group of buttons where the person has to select the number of days, so they know there is an option.
Read this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200747550
Notice that Amazon doesn't have anything about how to return an ebook. I complained out that and others should also.
Just my 2 cents.
I agree the reporter is a numb skull. |
I'm more comfortable with a 14-day checkout, although New York's public library changed the default (during checkout) to 14 days (from 21) but still allows you to override the default and specify either 7 or 21 days.
I agree that Amazon should make it clear that people can return a library book earlier.
Right now I read that if we go to the manageyourkindle page and click on the borrowed book title, there'll be an "Action" button with an option to "Return this Book."
I'm hoping any updated software will include this option on the Kindle itself for a library book (somewhere).