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Wednesday, 14th July 2010

Canada: West Vancouver Memorial Library Puts Kindle e-Book Readers on Shelves

From an Article in The Straight:

The West Vancouver Memorial Library says it’s the first library in Canada to let cardholders borrow a Kindle.

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.

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Source: Straight.com

Update 1: Pilot Project Results

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.

Update 2: The library is currently is lending 12 Kindle devices (1/11)

See Also: Yesterday We Mentioned a Public Library in Ohio That is Lending iPads (two of them), and Nooks (six of them)

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