The municipal library has purchased six of the e-book readers developed by Amazon.com.
On July 12, as part of an e-reader pilot project*, it began loaning out five of them for three weeks at a time.
Sarah Felkar, the West Vancouver library assistant who’s spearheading the program, told the Straight that the Kindles are part of a “fact-finding mission” to see how feasible it is to lend out e-books.
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Each Kindle comes stocked with 50 titles, including Margaret Atwood’s Writing With Intent, Nick Hornby’s An Education, and Annabel Lyon’s The Golden Mean.
Our Kindle pilot project has been extremely successful. If you would like to borrow one, you can place a reserve through the Catalogue. Each Kindle comes with 50 popular ebooks. Or drop in and try our 'Reference' Kindle at the Information Desk on the main floor. We also have a Kobo and Sony eReader available for you to try.
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