Amazon to close down Kindle lending library January 2021

Also a fan of library books. Even though we are in Florida, we 'checkout' books from our library back home. Two reading options, one being the Kindle version.

Baen Books has a free selection for download across many genres

And anybody that has not read from the "Ring Of Fire" series or the "Grandville Gazette"

Is missing some good intelligent writing, sometimes funny , sometimes pongint, always thought provoking

And thank yous to those posting new sources of material

It's an agreement with the "publishing" company, and Overdrive. The companies have a limit on the number of digital copies that can be distributed by the library.

Actually it's not an agreement, it's a stipulation by the company. The libraries either go along with it or do without the title.

And unless you have an old style Kindle or other limited connection reader, the book will be deleted from your reader automatically at the end of the loan period.

Can someone splain how come a library only has so many ebooks available per title, some more than others? If they did that to movies it would be a hellofa mess.

magicbus wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
You can get free Kindle books, for up to 21 day loan periods, through any public library. Bigger libraries generally have faster access to titles that are wait-listed.

Since the delivery of public library books is done via Amazon I wonder if they will be impacted.

Dave

No. It's a totally different program.

I want to say thanks for the suggestions on where else to find free books.

magicbus wrote:

coolmom42 wrote:
You can get free Kindle books, for up to 21 day loan periods, through any public library. Bigger libraries generally have faster access to titles that are wait-listed.

Since the delivery of public library books is done via Amazon I wonder if they will be impacted.

Dave

No reason they should be. It's an entirely different program...

Here's a link for many free books directly from the Kindle Store:

Amazon Free Kindle eBooks

coolmom42 wrote:
You can get free Kindle books, for up to 21 day loan periods, through any public library. Bigger libraries generally have faster access to titles that are wait-listed.

Since the delivery of public library books is done via Amazon I wonder if they will be impacted.

Dave

bdpreece wrote:
That sucks. I bought my wife a kindle for Christmas.

There is no shortage of free/inexpensive reading material, even without this program.