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The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choos

by allenp 17y ago

The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend's reader, cell phone, or computer."

electromagnetic 17y ago
Agreed, this is an aspect that would have always prevented me from ever paying for an ebook. As an avid reader I frequently give books to someone else to read, and handing over a $100+ eBook reader is an absurd prospect for loaning a book to someone.
stepherm 17y ago
Apparently you can only do this ONCE per book. Once a book has been shared, you cannot share it again.
- zach 17y ago
  Oof. I haven't seen any definitive confirmation on one-lend-ever-per-title (they seem cagey about it), but looking at this purely economically: This is by some measure a winning strategy, since if I only have one "lend", I will very likely want to share it to the person most likely to buy it and create an additional "lend" to propagate the book. It does seem like they are missing out on the power of inter-consumer advocacy, i.e. "Everybody read this now!" They should at least re-credit you (if not several times over) if you share with someone who later buys the book.
  - fossuser 17y ago
    It may give the illusion of a good strategy, but limitless invites will spread the book faster leading to more buys overall (in my opinion). Since many people like to own books they've enjoyed and the freedom this model gives also pleases consumers I'd prefer it.
    - zach 17y ago
      Happily, this report appears unfounded. There are no per-title limits on Nook lending. Yay!
- adamc 17y ago
  Link? Arstechnica didn't mention this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/barnes-noble-puts-android-on-an-e-reader-with-the-nook.ars http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/barnes-noble-put...
- stcredzero 17y ago
  Someone needs to give them a lesson on exponents!
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by allenp 17y ago

electromagnetic 17y ago

Agreed, this is an aspect that would have always prevented me from ever paying for an ebook. As an avid reader I frequently give books to someone else to read, and handing over a $100+ eBook reader is an absurd prospect for loaning a book to someone.

stepherm 17y ago

Apparently you can only do this ONCE per book. Once a book has been shared, you cannot share it again.

zach 17y ago
Oof. I haven't seen any definitive confirmation on one-lend-ever-per-title (they seem cagey about it), but looking at this purely economically: This is by some measure a winning strategy, since if I only have one "lend", I will very likely want to share it to the person most likely to buy it and create an additional "lend" to propagate the book. It does seem like they are missing out on the power of inter-consumer advocacy, i.e. "Everybody read this now!" They should at least re-credit you (if not several times over) if you share with someone who later buys the book.
- fossuser 17y ago
  It may give the illusion of a good strategy, but limitless invites will spread the book faster leading to more buys overall (in my opinion). Since many people like to own books they've enjoyed and the freedom this model gives also pleases consumers I'd prefer it.
  - zach 17y ago
    Happily, this report appears unfounded. There are no per-title limits on Nook lending. Yay!
adamc 17y ago
Link? Arstechnica didn't mention this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/barnes-noble-puts-android-on-an-e-reader-with-the-nook.ars http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/10/barnes-noble-put...
stcredzero 17y ago
Someone needs to give them a lesson on exponents!

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