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11.09.09Don’t believe the hype about lending ebooks on the Barnes & Noble nookIf you've read reviews about the nook, the new Kindle competitor from Barnes & Noble, you may have heard that you can lend ebooks to friends. But don't get suckered in by this claim. Barnes & Noble is conveniently leaving out some crucial information about how the process works, and it turns out the "loan your book" feature is a lot less useful than most bloggers and journalists are making it sound. So how does the lending feature work? Barnes & Noble doesn't provide a lot of detail on it--the Nook promo page on barnesandnoble.com simply says the device "lets you ...
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06.05.09Free download: Nurse Jackie from ShowtimeHere's a cool new use for the Kindle: the distribution of movie and TV scripts. To promote the new Edie Falco series "Nurse Jackie", Showtime has put the script for the pilot episode on the Kindle store as a free download. That's right, free! I can see this becoming a niche reading category for fans of TV shows and movies, and a great way for studios to use the Kindle to distribute content in a new format that doesn't compete with the main product they're trying to sell. You can grab a copy for your Kindle or iPhone/iPod Touch here.
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