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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Or a testament to publisher desperation.
The ones against are terrified of anything that might cost them a sale. The ones in favor are hoping lending might generate a sale.
Unfortunately, this feature has a long way to go to be as useful as it might be. A reply from a moderator on a Barnes and Noble forum about the nook confirmed what th4e FAQ seemed to say: that not all books were lendable, and those that were could be lent once, for a 14 day period. So if I lend a book on my nook to you to read on yours, I can't then lend it to anyone else, even after you're done with it. This does not replicate the paper book experience, where serial lending is possible.
Dennis
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ah the ol' glass half-full or half-empty thing.
So very true. I guess my thought on this though is that it's not more likely to generate a sale than would be the ability to download or read an excerpt from the book. I suspect that most readers would read the book (i.e. finish it) and not bother to purchase it themselves. Currently like borrowing from the library. In some case of course it would result in an additional sale, but probably not as many as from the excerpt kind of thing.
I think the "one-time" lone thing is messed up.