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Originally Posted by DaleDe
I am sure B&N is testing the waters here. They are in uncharted water and are playing it safe until they can see what happens. They can easily change the policy to allow more times later but cannot easily restrict it later. It is a break through feature IMHO and gets around the idea that only a paper book can be loaded to a friend. If you loan your paper book then you cannot read it until you get it back and I am sure this is the exact model they are looking for.
Dale
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Dale, your explanation makes sense. However, BN's lending policy at the moment seems to fly in the face of common sense...as kindlekitten so eloquently put it in an earlier post, what are you supposed to do, tell your new boyfriend, "Sorry Charlie, that book sailed a long time ago?", because you loaned it to your sister first?
I hope you're right, and they do expand it later, and I do completely agree with what you said about they can expand it, but having to restrict it later would hurt them much more.
We'll have to wait and see what happens.