One ofmy favorite detailsabout the Nook — the 14 - day “ lending”—just get a tidy sum less enticing . Turns out there are very specific rules about this loaning unconscious process , and they pretty much nullify the feature ’s promise .
https://gizmodo.com/8-reasons-you-can-finally-love-ebook-readers-thanks-to-5386176/
Lending seemed too good to be true : Sure , we bang about the 14 - Clarence Day lending time period , but we question if it ’d go like a library , where you may renew a volume before its due date . No such luck . As it turns out , publisher have the right to allow or not earmark lending ( and ledger publishers are at least as uptight as phonograph record label ) in the first place , so who knows if you ’ll ever even get to adjudicate it . Besides that , you could lend each book one time only , forever . When you loan it , it ’s unavailable for you to read , which admittedly is what happens when you contribute a physical book — but THESE AREN’T PHYSICAL BOOKS . For god ’s sake , let us enjoy the benefit of digital text !
I ’m a minuscule pissed off by this , specially sinceI was so excited about the Nook , but not entirely surprised . It ’s like when Microsoft introduced the Zune ’s sharing feature film . They understood that mass share strong-arm medium and want to divvy up digital media , but still thrust ( in all likelihood at the record book labels ’ behest , but whatever ) a 3 - play , 3 - sidereal day confinement that was so nonindulgent nobody ever used the feature . And now Barnes & Noble is come after in Microsoft ’s footsteps . ball . [ MobileRead , thanks Gideon ! ]
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