Amazon Kindle Lending Library provides access to over 100,000 titlesMarch 1, 2012 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Starting with just 5,000 titles during early November 2011, Amazon announced that the Lending Library service on the Kindle now provides access to over 100,000 titles, according to Digital Trends. The number of available titles skyrocketed during December when Amazon opened up the program to self-published books within the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program. Authors that self-publish books through KDP can earn up to a 70 percent royalty on sales of their works. In addition, Amazon management claims to have distributed approximately $1.8 million in royalties to authors since the inception of the program. Kindle owners taking advantage of the Lending Library service have borrowed more than a million self-published titles since December. For authors, exposure within the Lending Library service can encourage increased sales of other books within their portfolio. Announced during April 2011, Amazon added support for public libraries to lend out Kindle titles and libraries across the United States have rapidly adopted the service. Amazon has partnered with Overdrive to accomplish this feat, a provider of 650,000 ebook and audio book titles offered within 18,000 libraries, schools, and colleges across the globe. Amazon also includes the ability to marks notes, highlights and the last page read in borrowed titles. If the user decides to purchase the book or borrow it again in the future, all previously created annotations will remain within the book. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |