From School Library Journal.
Amazon has apparently created new rules governing the use of its Kindle ereader in school libraries. The website of the ecommerce giant states that content cannot be loaded across multiple devices at one time, and an Amazon rep told at least one school librarian, Buffy Hamilton, that ebooks cannot be ported to more than one device. Amazon also requires that each Kindle be tethered to its own account.
If permanent, the new rules could hamper the use of Kindles in school libraries, where ebooks, up until now, have typically been shared among up to six devices and having to manage content on each single device would be impractical.
Although Amazon would not confirm the new rules despite several emails and phone calls from School Library Journal, a “School FAQ” on Amazon’s site reads: “At present, it is not possible to load content across multiple independent devices at one time; this must be done on each device separately.”
What’s The Problem?
It doesn’t keep the library from lending books after all; this only applies to electronic texts, which are a niche market anyway.
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