OMG! Kindle LendMe comming out!

Stonecold · 10-22-2010, 07:21 PM

Yay! Amazon desided to add a LendMe feature to Kindle (it won't be called "LendMe" as that name is trade marked by B&N) in the not-too-distant future. I heard about it from here:
http://ireaderreview.com/
As of this post, the article talking about LendMe for Kindle is the most recent one. You might have to bookmark it because other articles come out quickly.

Also, the Kindle app software (e.g. Kindle for PC, Kindle for BlackBerry) will soon be able to get periodicals delivered to it.

SensualPoet · 10-22-2010, 11:30 PM

But it's the same lame scheme that the Nook uses -- no doubt driven by publisher rules. I didn't see the point then and I don't now. Amazon probably added it not to be user friendly but to get another check mark to even the marketing score.

Stonecold · 10-23-2010, 01:17 AM

I know. The B&N Nook has been trubbling Amazon for a while. When ever people are thinking "should I get a Nook or a Kindle?", they think of Nook's features such as its color touch screen and LendMe feature. They often don't know that it's a lame feature until they buy a Nook, and by that time, Amazon have lost another customer. Amazon added it for quick money, which is a little out of character as the usually use the stratagy where good customer service brings even more customers and makes dedicated owners (It works well, to - I've already convinced 7 people to get Kindles!).

I've never used a Nook, so I don't know how good or bad LendMe is. The thing I'm excited about is the prospect of hacks utiling this feature for other (and more useful) purposes.

Sadly, I can't seem to get this faulty hack off my Kindle so I don't know if update 3.1 (at least I think it'll come out in 3.1) will be able to install. Can an official OTA firmware update install correctly with the USB Network hack installed?

Kali Yuga · 10-23-2010, 10:57 AM

I agree that I wish this was something to get excited about.

I'm still hoping that at some point they'll expand the number of lending options. I expect there will always be some sort of limit, but "once and you're done" is too few.

Stonecold · 10-23-2010, 03:12 PM

Hacks can deal with that.

Ben Thornton · 10-23-2010, 03:21 PM

I'm pleased to see this - 1 is a big improvement on 0. Next stop, 2!

SkyDream · 10-23-2010, 04:12 PM

Curious if others (Sony, etc.) will copy this.
Although removing DRM would be better it's better than nothing.

JSWolf · 10-23-2010, 04:12 PM

Yep, you buy a Kindle book, lend it to me, let me strip the DRM and keep a copy. LOL!

kindlekitten · 10-23-2010, 06:30 PM

can't you save a book to your desktop (or calibre) and then I dunno... either email it to someone or have them hook up to your computer and transfer it that way?

Ben Thornton · 10-23-2010, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

can't you save a book to your desktop (or calibre) and then I dunno... either email it to someone or have them hook up to your computer and transfer it that way?

Only if there's no DRM

rogue_librarian · 10-25-2010, 03:53 AM

I'm underwhelmed. Lets you lend a book once (!) for 14 days, at the publisher's discretion...

Stonecold · 10-25-2010, 04:26 AM

It's not the LendMe feature itself that I'm excited about. It's the prospect for using the feature with hacks that'll greatly improve its "functionality".

kindlekitten · 10-25-2010, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stonecold

It's not the LendMe feature itself that I'm excited about. It's the prospect for using the feature with hacks that'll greatly improve its "functionality".

didn't you recently hack your way into not being able to receive the last update?

J. Strnad · 10-25-2010, 11:36 AM

As the author and publisher of a non-DRMed book, I look upon this development and scoff haughtily. To me it's like saying, "I will sell you this car, and as a special bonus, I will let you loan it for fourteen days to one other driver." The whole "lend me" thing is a Band-Aid on your chest where your heart's been ripped out.

MaggieScratch · 10-25-2010, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

can't you save a book to your desktop (or calibre) and then I dunno... either email it to someone or have them hook up to your computer and transfer it that way?

If the lendee's reading device is registered to the lender's installation of ADE, then yes, you can lend ebooks by e-mail. But then they can't register it to their OWN installation of ADE, so that's probably best kept within a single household at least.

P.S. Just remembered: I lent my sister several ebooks by putting them on one of my "extra" readers, DRM intact, and lending her the reader. She called me last week and asked if two of the books were available in hard copy. She read the ebooks and liked them and wants them for her collection, and is going to buy them in hard copy. See what you're missing with your fears of piracy, publishers?

10-22-2010, 07:21 PM	#1
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	OMG! Kindle LendMe comming out! Yay! Amazon desided to add a LendMe feature to Kindle (it won't be called "LendMe" as that name is trade marked by B&N) in the not-too-distant future. I heard about it from here: http://ireaderreview.com/ As of this post, the article talking about LendMe for Kindle is the most recent one. You might have to bookmark it because other articles come out quickly. Also, the Kindle app software (e.g. Kindle for PC, Kindle for BlackBerry) will soon be able to get periodicals delivered to it.

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10-22-2010, 11:30 PM	#2
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	But it's the same lame scheme that the Nook uses -- no doubt driven by publisher rules. I didn't see the point then and I don't now. Amazon probably added it not to be user friendly but to get another check mark to even the marketing score.

10-23-2010, 01:17 AM	#3
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	I know. The B&N Nook has been trubbling Amazon for a while. When ever people are thinking "should I get a Nook or a Kindle?", they think of Nook's features such as its color touch screen and LendMe feature. They often don't know that it's a lame feature until they buy a Nook, and by that time, Amazon have lost another customer. Amazon added it for quick money, which is a little out of character as the usually use the stratagy where good customer service brings even more customers and makes dedicated owners (It works well, to - I've already convinced 7 people to get Kindles!). I've never used a Nook, so I don't know how good or bad LendMe is. The thing I'm excited about is the prospect of hacks utiling this feature for other (and more useful) purposes. Sadly, I can't seem to get this faulty hack off my Kindle so I don't know if update 3.1 (at least I think it'll come out in 3.1) will be able to install. Can an official OTA firmware update install correctly with the USB Network hack installed?

10-23-2010, 10:57 AM	#4
Kali Yuga Professional Contrarian Posts: 2,045 Karma: 3289631 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 4 No Touchie	I agree that I wish this was something to get excited about. I'm still hoping that at some point they'll expand the number of lending options. I expect there will always be some sort of limit, but "once and you're done" is too few.

10-23-2010, 03:12 PM	#5
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	Hacks can deal with that.

10-23-2010, 03:21 PM	#6
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	I'm pleased to see this - 1 is a big improvement on 0. Next stop, 2!

10-23-2010, 04:12 PM	#7
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	Curious if others (Sony, etc.) will copy this. Although removing DRM would be better it's better than nothing.

10-23-2010, 04:12 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 78,081 Karma: 142517494 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Yep, you buy a Kindle book, lend it to me, let me strip the DRM and keep a copy. LOL!

10-23-2010, 06:30 PM	#9
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	can't you save a book to your desktop (or calibre) and then I dunno... either email it to someone or have them hook up to your computer and transfer it that way?

10-25-2010, 03:53 AM	#11
rogue_librarian Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 4269175 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Europe Device: Pocketbook Basic 613	I'm underwhelmed. Lets you lend a book once (!) for 14 days, at the publisher's discretion...

10-25-2010, 04:26 AM	#12
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	It's not the LendMe feature itself that I'm excited about. It's the prospect for using the feature with hacks that'll greatly improve its "functionality".

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10-25-2010, 11:36 AM	#14
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	As the author and publisher of a non-DRMed book, I look upon this development and scoff haughtily. To me it's like saying, "I will sell you this car, and as a special bonus, I will let you loan it for fourteen days to one other driver." The whole "lend me" thing is a Band-Aid on your chest where your heart's been ripped out.