Amazon promised it a few weeks ago. Book lending, they said, will be enabled for Kindle owners by the end of the year.And they've just scraped in. Book lending IS now enabled, with 24-hours to go before 2011 starts. But, at the moment it's for US account holders only.
If you've bought a book, you can lend it out for up to 14-days and for those two-weeks you can't read the book yourself. But not all books are lendable:
Eligible Kindle books can be loaned once for a period of 14 days. The borrower does not need to own a Kindle -- Kindle books can also be read using our free Kindle reading applications for PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices. Not all books are lendable -- it is up to the publisher or rights holder to determine which titles are eligible for lending. The lender will not be able to read the book during the loan period.
To do it, go to Your Account on the Amazon website > Manage Your Kindle and all you need is an email address for the person you're lending to.
It's much the same system used by Barnes and Noble for their Nook book-readers. Apple's iBooks still doesn't support lending.
I wonder just how many books will be lendable..got a feeling not very many!
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