Kindle books can now be borrowed

[leverett]

Does anyone know about the lending between Kindles outside of the US. I'm in Australia and I understand (although I have to admit I haven't looked into it in a great amount of detail) that the lending isn't available. And, while I am at it, does anyone know if it is possible to borrow ebooks from the library in Oz?

[Jordansmyth]

Thats so handy as we have two in our house hold! sharing will me perfect.

[lady_charlie]

I have an older Kindle, well, it is a year old, and it wasn't backlit, so I got a cover for it that came with a light and I love it
The light shuts off if I fall asleep.
I have had no luck borrowing books from our local library, which the Nook I understand is better at, alas, but I have had good luck with my Amazon Prime subscription, I get one free book a month, and while that selection is somewhat limited I have read four books so far and enjoyed them all.
We pay as much for Prime as we did Netflix and while the movie selection isn't all that great, we also get free shipping and I think the subscription is paying for itself just by letting me have a new book once a month.
I read War Brides and The Misremembered Man, when you are done you just pick out a new book and Amazon takes the old one back!!!
It is sort of magical really.

[Maud Fitch]

Does anyone know about the lending between Kindles outside of the US. I'm in Australia and I understand (although I have to admit I haven't looked into it in a great amount of detail) that the lending isn't available. And, while I am at it, does anyone know if it is possible to borrow ebooks from the library in Oz? YES

As far as I know, Kindle does not lend to public libraries in Australia.

However Australian public lending libraries have thousands of e-book titles available for free download to any device.

Current bestsellers too, so check with your local library and prepared to be amazed.

[kaylahar6]

Cool, I'll have to check it out!

[toshilou]

I had no idea this was added! So glad I found this thread. Now I need to go check my kindle books

[mochababy70]

Instead of lending, why don't you just get free ones?

[kingslexasoh1000]

OMG!!!....that's great to hear!!

-- 11 Nov 2017, 16:49 --

Defending Jacob

-- 11 Nov 2017, 16:50 --

sorry mistake

[sarahmarlowe randomeducator]

This sounds like a great feature, especially amongst a group of friends or co-workers!

[Lily Ahulu]

THAT'S GOOD. LOVELY FEATURE
WOULD LOVE TO BORROW SOME BOOKS. I HAVE SOME I COULD LEND AS WELL