You can now check out Kindle books from 11,000 libraries

Thursday, September 22, 2011

You can now check out Kindle books from 11,000 libraries

Thursday, September 22, 2011 ANSOR No comments

Amazona

By Rosa Golijan

We first heard about Amazon's plans to allow you to check out Kindle books from your local library several months ago, but now the service is finally live in over 11,000 U.S.-based libraries.a

This means that you can now skip the hassle of carrying regular books back and forth — and simply borrow them by visiting your library's website. Assuming that the location is one of the over 11,000 libraries offering Amazon's Kindle book lending service, you'll be able to select a title and check it out using your library card. A few clicks later and the book will be delivered to the device of your choice.a

Kindle books borrowed in this manner will come with all the features of regularly purchased Kindle books such as:a

Whispersync technology wirelessly sync your books, notes, highlights, and last page read across Kindle and free Kindle reading apps Real Page Numbers let you easily reference passages with page numbers that correspond to actual print editions Facebook and Twitter integration makes it easy to share favorite passages with your social networks Popular Highlights show you what our community of millions of Kindle readers think are the most interesting passages in your books Public Notes allow you to share your notes and see what others are saying about Kindle books

Note that in order to take advantage of this service you'll need to use any generation Kindle device, a web browser with Kindle Cloud reader, or the Kindle app for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry or Windows Phone. You will also need to create an Amazon account to be able to send the books to a device of your choice.a