04-21-2011, 07:02 AM | #151 |
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I'd also like to add that if this does result in longer waiting lists, then that's unfortunate, but Kindle users have just as much right to access their library's services as ePub readers.
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04-21-2011, 08:22 AM | #152 |
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I'm still confused about how this is actually going to work. It was said that they would use Amazon's DRM servers, but it seems like the actual file (the text of the book)--not just the DRM--would be served by Amazon, no? So a library patron checks out a book (that currently says epub) but chooses Kindle. The (epub) license is marked as checked-out, meanwhile Amazon says, yep I've got that same book, I'm putting it on your Kindle now. Then the Kindle file expires at the same time that the epub license gets checked back in.
is that right? eP |
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04-21-2011, 08:32 AM | #153 |
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I'm thinking, but don't know, that rather than checking out the ePub file, .azw will become available as a download option. Whether this will result in longer waits for the ePub files, I honestly don't know, but I'm hoping not.
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Yes, it will probably increase demand. But remember that many Kindle owners already check-out books via Overdrive via other devices such as iPADS and their iPhones or even a 2nd reader and that doesn't even count the "alternate methods." There are benefits to increased demand too if you are an eBook reader. More interest means larger budgets and more books purchased overall. Next Christmas is probably increase demand too just like last Christmas crashed the Overdrive servers - but I don't see anybody in a fuss over that. |
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04-21-2011, 08:57 AM | #156 |
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Thank you! I was not one of those complaining that the Kindle should be able to access digital libraries (when I bought mine I didn't even know about digital libraries so ...) but I'm happily looking forward to this ability, and I don't see why we Kindlers should be made to feel as if we'll crash the whole system.
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Finally, Barnes & Noble introduced this feature some time ago and now the Amazon Kindle users can enjoy this great feature too
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I sense there are some Kindle haters here who are not happy about this latest development. K3 is what I have, so I'm VERY happy.
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I would assume that, for Kindle books, the library would simply make one license unavailable while the book was checked out, and Amazon would actually deliver the requested book from its own server. So you are ordering from the library, but receiving the book from Amazon. And, yeah, I would imagine that after the book expired, you would receive a link to buy the book, or to buy the next book in the series. |
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My main concern is how the publishers are going to react to this, and to a lesser extent what Amazon is going to do to muck up the system as they try to gain an advantage in some way. Those two things are very different then 'hating the kindle' or not wanting kindle users to have library access. |
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Poor old Amazon is damned if they do, damned if they don't...
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