Angry Mob of Authors (Seemingly) Have Legit Lending Site Taken Down

Ninjalawyer · 08-08-2012, 02:18 PM

There's an amusing story here about an angry* group of authors who took to Twitter to shake their metaphorical torches and pitchforks in the direction of LenkInk, a site that allows users to lend each other digital versions of certain books. It seems that this author outcry may have resulted in the site being taken down.

The amusing part of this story is that LendInk isn't a piracy site, and what its doing doesn't appear to be illegal. LendInk doesn't actually host any files, and it only facilitates lending where its allowed to do so under the contracts between Amazon and the authors. Whoops!

RainingLemur · 08-08-2012, 02:23 PM

Yeah. This was touched on in another board here. The owner even made an appearance.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=187178

Abtacha · 08-08-2012, 02:26 PM

I sure am glad to never have bought a book from one of those "professionals" (or even heard of them, for that matter

).

cjr72 · 08-08-2012, 02:41 PM

I never realized sites like this existed until now. I'll have to go check them out.

Ninjalawyer · 08-08-2012, 02:59 PM

Whoops, my bad about the duplicate threads. I won't be too perturbed if this one is exiled to the nethersphere.

ilamont · 08-08-2012, 03:01 PM

I interviewed LendInk's founder, who gave some additional context about LendInk's suspension. He also mentioned a few other e-lending sites (Lendle.me, the Kindle Book Club).

08-08-2012, 02:18 PM	#1
Ninjalawyer Guru Posts: 826 Karma: 18573626 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Nexus 7 (2013)	Angry Mob of Authors (Seemingly) Have Legit Lending Site Taken Down There's an amusing story here about an angry* group of authors who took to Twitter to shake their metaphorical torches and pitchforks in the direction of LenkInk, a site that allows users to lend each other digital versions of certain books. It seems that this author outcry may have resulted in the site being taken down. The amusing part of this story is that LendInk isn't a piracy site, and what its doing doesn't appear to be illegal. LendInk doesn't actually host any files, and it only facilitates lending where its allowed to do so under the contracts between Amazon and the authors. Whoops!

08-08-2012, 02:59 PM	#5
Ninjalawyer Guru Posts: 826 Karma: 18573626 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Nexus 7 (2013)	Whoops, my bad about the duplicate threads. I won't be too perturbed if this one is exiled to the nethersphere. Last edited by Ninjalawyer; 08-08-2012 at 03:08 PM.

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08-08-2012, 02:23 PM	#2
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	Yeah. This was touched on in another board here. The owner even made an appearance. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=187178

08-08-2012, 02:26 PM	#3
Abtacha Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 6220000 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura HD	I sure am glad to never have bought a book from one of those "professionals" (or even heard of them, for that matter ).

08-08-2012, 02:41 PM	#4
cjr72 Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 2900000 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: A Yankee in Texas Device: Nexus 6p, Nexus 10	I never realized sites like this existed until now. I'll have to go check them out.

08-08-2012, 03:01 PM	#6
ilamont Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 500132 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: iPad	I interviewed LendInk's founder, who gave some additional context about LendInk's suspension. He also mentioned a few other e-lending sites (Lendle.me, the Kindle Book Club).

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