Now that it looks like the Kindle is getting a "Lend me" feature...

rcuadro · 10-24-2010, 12:30 AM

Maybe we should get a sub forum to nicely ask for loaner books

Tiersten · 10-24-2010, 12:57 AM

Its a one time only deal per book. It'd have to be somebody really generous to randomly give it out :P

dreams · 10-24-2010, 01:02 AM

You can join the discussions about new features here and here.

JSWolf · 10-24-2010, 01:03 AM

Can we please close all the duplicate lend me feature threads or merge them all?

pen_sq · 10-24-2010, 01:24 AM

What if Amazon had a physical proximity limitation to initiating the lending? The Kindle could use its new microphone to chirp back and forth a token, which would be part of the authentication. That would make it simple-stupid to select which friend, neighbor, or truck-stop stranger you want to share with. At the same time, they don't have to worry about the sharing feature getting around *too* well, and the limitation would give better uptake with publishers.

And no, there's too much lag with sharing the audio tokens via phone or internet. You can't cheat that way.

jswinden · 10-24-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiersten

Its a one time only deal per book. It'd have to be somebody really generous to randomly give it out :P

That and I suspect that most of the publishing houses will disable lending for their books. For those books that can eventually be lent, lending will probably occur mostly between family members and close friends.

desertblues · 10-24-2010, 02:46 PM

Perhaps a silly question, but I have a problem with lending books and getting it returned with passages underlined/the occasionnally tear, and so on. It makes me s(m)ad. That's the reason I hardly loan a paper book out, except to close friends.
If I would lend a Kindle-book out: could anyone fool or experiment around with it? I mean, something like the equivalent of the above problem?

edit: excuse me, should have posted it in the other lending thread; can't the two not be combined?

foreverjuly · 10-24-2010, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertblues

Perhaps a silly question, but I have a problem with lending books and getting it returned with passages underlined/the occasionnally tear, and so on. It makes me s(m)ad. That's the reason I hardly loan a paper book out, except to close friends.
If I would lend a Kindle-book out: could anyone fool or experiment around with it? I mean, something like the equivalent of the above problem?

edit: excuse me, should have posted it in the other lending thread; can't the two not be combined?

I understand your reasoning, but I like to lend paper books for exactly the reason you don't. I love seeing them beaten up and used...makes me think someone had a really intense reading experience. I've lent my copy of It's Not About the Bike out to over twenty people, read it several times myself, and the thing's practically falling apart. I love it!

You should be safe with ebook lending though. Probably no tears there.

10-24-2010, 12:30 AM	#1
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	Now that it looks like the Kindle is getting a "Lend me" feature... Maybe we should get a sub forum to nicely ask for loaner books

10-24-2010, 02:46 PM	#7
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	Perhaps a silly question, but I have a problem with lending books and getting it returned with passages underlined/the occasionnally tear, and so on. It makes me s(m)ad. That's the reason I hardly loan a paper book out, except to close friends. If I would lend a Kindle-book out: could anyone fool or experiment around with it? I mean, something like the equivalent of the above problem? edit: excuse me, should have posted it in the other lending thread; can't the two not be combined? Last edited by desertblues; 10-24-2010 at 02:53 PM.

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Tiersten Guru Posts: 987 Karma: 8641 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3G+WiFi	Its a one time only deal per book. It'd have to be somebody really generous to randomly give it out :P

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10-24-2010, 01:24 AM	#5
pen_sq Enthusiast Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	What if Amazon had a physical proximity limitation to initiating the lending? The Kindle could use its new microphone to chirp back and forth a token, which would be part of the authentication. That would make it simple-stupid to select which friend, neighbor, or truck-stop stranger you want to share with. At the same time, they don't have to worry about the sharing feature getting around too well, and the limitation would give better uptake with publishers. And no, there's too much lag with sharing the audio tokens via phone or internet. You can't cheat that way.