[Web4lib] Kindle lending

[Henriksen, Phalbe]

Folks, I had to buy a new car, and it needed a smartphone to make
everything in the car be available to me, so I ditched my old trusty
flip phone and bought a Droid X.

I downloaded both Kindle's and Nook's apps, since we're working towards
circulating them in the library. Both machines show a bookmark as a
turned down corner of a page.

We librarians have been trying for over a hundred years to convince
people NOT to turn down those corners.

Does anyone see any reason why Amazon and Barnes & Noble chose a
librarian's anathema to mark a page? I plan to write them letters.

pH

Phalbe Henriksen
Director
Alexander County Library
Taylorsville, N.C. 

In the long run, each life that is diminished by poor education, and
diminished goals and achievements drains growth, innovation and health
at the expense of our nation's future. 

~ James S. Marks

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