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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
It is a Prime benefit in the sense that the books are only available to Prime members! It is not as you imply available to all Kindle or Fire owners without Prime memberships.
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I'm pretty sure the Kindle Lending Library existed before Prime. It was (is for a couple more weeks) a bonus attached to owning one of the Kindle E-Ink devices. I don't even think the Lending Library was ever available for the Fire tablets or any tablet or smartphone using the Kindle App.
I'm open to correction on this, however.
EDIT: It looks like the Kindle Owner's Lending Library is already gone. I went to the Store on my Kindle Voyage, hit the Menu and there was still an option for the Kindle Lending Library. I went there, found nothing but Unlimited books listed (my wife subscribed to that and forgot she done so and we had it (unused, except for one book) since April, now due to expire on December 21st). When I went back to the Store Front and Menu, the entry for Kindle Lending Library was gone. I tried to find it on my Kindle 3, and it's gone there too. So, it looks like those with (at least those with Prime) have already lost access to it.
EDIT 2: I found it on the Kindle 3. It just shows Kindle Unlimited because (I'm guessing) these also include titles in the Kindle Lending Library.