This story is especially timely for me - I'm building a website http://www.booklends.com http://www.booklends.com that will let Kindle and Nook owners lend book

This story is especially timely for me - I'm building a website http://www.booklends.com http://www.booklends.com that will let Kindle and Nook owners lend books to each other easily. It's kinda my weekend startup right now. I'm hoping to have the site ready enough in a few days enough to do a "Ask HN: Review my startup" post... It is now possible to lend some Kindle and Nook books to other users for 14 days - but only if the publishers allow it. I feel that if the current craziness in eBook pricing continues, this will only drive people towards using the lending features of their devices. This story did also answer another question for me: I never understood why Amazon removed from their API the ability to get a Kindle book's Offer Price. (somewhat terse announcement here: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/ann.jspa?annID=854 https://forums.aws.amazon.com/ann.jspa?annID=854 ) You can query the List Price, but this isn't what people would actually pay for the book. Sounds like they removed this ability because the publishers are making them play games with the actual price that they can offer to customers.