Ever since I started using Lendle to borrow and lend kindle books, I've become more passionate about ebook lending. I've gone into it on other posts, but the core feature I'd like to see added to ebook lending is the ability to lend a book more than once, just like you could sigh a physical book. But we're not there yet.
Step one is getting as many ebooks to enable lending as possible. So I've decided not to buy Kindle books that don't have lending enabled.
Then I saw a problem. It's pretty hard to discern from Amazon's product page if a given Kindle book is lendable or not. They hide it all the way down in the product details section. And for non-lendable books, they just don't mention lending at all, which is vague and confusing. So, I figured out a way to make it much easier to tell if a Kindle book is lendable or not. I'm calling it Lendable for Amazon Kindle.
There are 2 ways to install & use Lendable for Amazon Kindle:
Bookmarklet
This is the most broad solution that should work in any browser. Just drag the following link into your bookmarks bar:
When you are at an Amazon.com page for a Kindle book, just click on the bookmarklet. The page will update, clearly indicating in green or red if the book in question is lendable of not.
Browser Plug-in
If you don't want to have to click every time you visit a Kindle book, you can install one of these browser plug-ins. They automatically update the display of these pages; all you have to do is visit them.
Enjoy! Feel free to leave feedback, questions, or comments here.
1 comment:
Very cool! Given that many Kindle books are now the same price (or more expensive) than their physical equivalents, it makes sense to focus on buying books that include the added value of "lendability."
I only have a few books that are lendable so far. I've listed them on my blog, here.
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