Shameless plug: I built a site to let people borrow and lend Kindle (and soon Nook) books. You can make wishlists of books you want to try out, and hopefully

Shameless plug: I built a site to let people borrow and lend Kindle (and soon Nook) books. You can make wishlists of books you want to try out, and hopefully some kind person who owns that book will loan it to you. http://booklends.com http://booklends.com Ebook pricing is unfortunate, and a lot of that has more to do with the publishers than with the authors or with Amazon/B&N. The Fifth Witness, mentioned in the CNET article, currently has an average rating of 1.7 out of 5: http://booklends.com/books/4d959054461b264b37025bd3 http://booklends.com/books/4d959054461b264b37025bd3 It is not lendable, unfortunately. Again, blame Little, Brown, & Co for that. I think it would be in their best interests to allow their books to be lent to others. While I have no data (yet) to back this up, I believe that people who borrow a book that they enjoy are likely to buy more books from the same author.