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Originally Posted by eschwartz
The Amazon.com loan fail
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my point was it didn't fail!
Free Library of Philadelphia told amazon.com to lend me a named book for a given period - & they did ! [ I dunno how they managed the link , unless it worked because I have the same email address for both sites ? - neither site knows my log in password for the other site ]
I expected it to fail , somewhere along the line. but it all worked.
PS $50 for a year at FLP, borrow up to 6 books at a time, is an excellent deal from overseas
What Kobo would need to do is leave overdrive / ADE for the public libraries, & do their own rival lending system with their own DRM, only for purchasers of Kobo hardware + books in their store. Could be that the showstopper is not the technology , it's the prospect of having to sort out all the publisher permissions & royalties
( unlike trying to view.com prime instant movies - I have the .co.uk the prime package but I can only watch what they allow me over here - & the new exclusive deal they did with HBO is for USA only :-(.
What Kobo would need to do is leave overdrive / ADE for the public libraries, & do their own rival lending system with their own DRM, only for purchasers of Kobo hardware + books in their store. Could be that the showstopper is not the technology , it's the prospect of having to sort out all the publisher permissions & royalties
PS I wonder how many of the folks watching Amazon Prime's exclusive pirates saga -
Black Sails Season 1 - are watching pirated copies
