Amazon announces textbook rentals for the Kindle platform

July 18, 2011 - 1:42pm — Bibliofuture

Amazon just issued a press release announcing the opening of their Kindle Textbooks store. Titles will be available to rent for periods from 30 days to 360 days, and students can increase the rental period in increments as small as one day, or purchase (license) the book outright at any point.

See: http://www.teleread.com/amazon/amazon-announces-textbook-rentals-for-the-kindle-platform/