Amazon.com lets you lend a book for another Kindle user as long as you and the other users know each other. In 2011, this gadget’s lending feature will be in full force and, I believe, will be a popular doing for Kindle readers.
However, you have to notice that not every Kindle book is eligible for sharing.
To check which ones you can lend, open the "Manage Your Kindle" section in Amazon.com. If there is a button that says "loan this book" next to cover image, it means that the book is eligible for lending. Then you can send an email to your friend. Within seven days, he or she must confirm the sharing.
Your friend will have a notification from Amazon.com telling that you want to share a book. After confirmation, he or she will have two weeks time to read the book. A reminder will be sent to the person who borrows three days before the book due. You can always check the status of the book in the "Manage My Kindle" section. When a book is on loan, there will be a notification that says "[on loan]" and the book title.
It is just like in the real library. When you loan a book to another user, you can’t read that book until the loan due. However, if you have made notes on the book, those will be accessible since they are stored in a separate file in the gadget’s store. For the present, only US customers are eligible to lend books. However, a US citizen may share his or her books to international users. Another thing to remember: you can only lend books if the publishers allow books to be lent in your friend's geographical area.
This loan feature is quite new. So, you have to wait a little bit because publishers will need their time to authorize what books are allowed to be lent.***
