We don't really have popular books at my library, so we've been spared all the worry about whether and how to lend ebooks or ebook readers., It's certainly a subject worth keeping an eye on, though, so I appreciated this post on librarian.net giving a borrower's perspective on the new Amazon Kindle 'lending library.'
I especially like the description "a wolf in book's clothing," although it's more poetic than accurate since the piece unfortunately doesn't have a wolf leaping out of a Kindle to attack the reader's sheep (because that would be an exciting story!--although I'd feel bad about the sheep).
Summary: the borrower wasn't too psyched about the whole thing.
I think for now we'll probably just keep on staying out of that whole discussion where I work.
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