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Amazon to Launch Library Lending for Kindle Books

Amazon recently announced Kindle Library Lending, a new feature launching later this year that will allow customers to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 libraries in the United States. Kindle Library Lending will be available for all generations of Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps. Customers will be able to check out a Kindle book from their local library and start reading on any Kindle device or free Kindle app for Android, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, PC, Mac, BlackBerry, or Windows phone. If a Kindle book is checked out again or that book is purchased from Amazon,all of the customer’s annotations and bookmarks will be preserved.

With Kindle Library Lending, customers can take advantage of all of the unique features of Kindle and Kindle books, including Whispersync technology and free Kindle apps for the above platforms.

Amazon is teaming on the project with OverDrive, the leading provider of digital content solutions for more than 11,000 public and educational libraries nationally, to bring a seamless library borrowing experience to Kindle customers.