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Originally Posted by Synamon
Most people complaining about the vendor lending service restrictions (ie. only in the US, only lend once for a short period, publisher whims, compatible platforms) aren't interested in lending sites like you described, they want to lend their books directly to their friends or family. Sharing books is part of many people's reading experience and unless you are willing to violate copyright and/or license agreements it's hard to do with ebooks at the moment.
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I can see that. When I do lend books, it's most often to my good friend. But so far, other than her, only one other person that I know has asked to borrow a book!
I do think being able to lend a book at least once is a good policy and I agree it should be worldwide.