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A lot of people are speculating if Amazon came up with these terms or not. From everything I can find (esp. this article - http://gizmodo.com/5388168/dont-get-
by rit 16y ago
A lot of people are speculating if Amazon came up with these terms or not.
From everything I can find (esp. this article - http://gizmodo.com/5388168/dont-get-too-excited-about-the-nooks-lending-feature http://gizmodo.com/5388168/dont-get-too-excited-about-the-no...) the restrictions on Kindle lending are identical to the ones the Nook has (at least when it rolled out).
The B&N site for Nook currently states:
Exclusive LendMe™ Technology
NOOK's exclusive LendMe™ technology lets you share favorite books with friends. LendMe™ books can be lent for up to 14 days. Just choose the book you want to share and send it to your friend's NOOK, computer, or handheld device enabled with NOOK software.
It sounds like the publishers are the ones setting the terms.
- rdamico 16y ago"Exclusive LendMe™ Technology" Looks like Marketing really had fun with this one :)
- c2 16y agoDoesn't matter to customers though - most will not do this research themselves (as evidenced by comments in this thread). Companies like Amazon basically are caught between a rock and a hard place. Either implement the sub-par experience which is what publishers let them (the Nook experience) and have customers complain about your draconian DRM - or don't implement it and have customers complain about not having the features of the Nook. Considering the Kindle is the market leader in this space, I'm not sure it was the right choice to follow Nook into this space with a sub-par experience. Now the feature and it's limitations are more highly visible, and DRM is front and center on people's minds again.