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Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @07:20AM from the adapt-or-die dept.

destinyland writes "Amazon announced this morning that they're making Kindle ebooks available for free in America through 11,000 local public libraries. 'We're thrilled that Amazon is offering such a new approach to library ebook...' said one Seattle librarian, and one Kindle blog listed out the top advantages to having them available in libraries."

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Re:Why Local Libraries? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-21 09:29 · Score: 0, Troll

All too true. I was a professional librarian for years. The MILLIONS of federal and state tax dollars that go into this welfare program for the literate are no longer justifiable. The buildings, staff and other costs are very high, and there is no longer a benefit to society. We could simply fund a Kindle into the hands of each user and be done with it.