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Attention, fellow muggles; you'll soon be able to get your fill of Harry Potter and his high-flying, Quidditch-playing Hogwarts buddies absolutely free -- at least if you own a Kindle and an Amazon Prime subscription. Today, Amazon announced that all seven of J.K. Rowling's blockbuster books are being added to the company's Kindle Owners' Lending Library as of June 19th.
The Harry Potter books became available for Kindle devices in March, but only kinda; you needed to buy the DRM-free e-books directly from Rowling's Pottermore e-bookstore, though you could find the titles through the Kindle store and have them pushed to your Kindle automatically.
The new (and exclusive) lending deal announced today gives Amazon Prime members the ability to "check out" the e-books the same would you would at a physical library -- including the "free" part. There are some limitations, though; you're only allowed to check out one e-book a month, and you have to check one e-book back in before downloading another, although the e-books don't have return due dates. Over 145,000 are available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, Amazon says.
“Over a year, borrowing the Harry Potter books, plus a handful of additional titles, can alone be worth more than the $79 cost of Prime or a Kindle," Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said in the company's press release. "The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library also has an innovative feature that’s of great benefit for popular titles like Harry Potter – unlimited supply of each title – you never get put on a waiting list.”
It's a great addition for folks who've bought in to both the Kindle and the Amazon Prime ecosystem. Matter of fact, Amazon Prime's looking more attractive by the minute with all the books in the Kindle Lending Library and the bevy of movies and shows available for "free" streaming. Whaddaya think: is the service starting to shape up into something intriguing even for people who aren't interested in the Amazon Prime speedy shipping benefits?
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Brad Chacos
May 10, 2012 at 10:28am
I thought it was nifty, and there ain't much news happening today with the GTX 670 hogging the spotlight.
jaygregz
May 10, 2012 at 5:49pm
Yeah not every story can be full of shock and awe. I'm sure that some 12 year old boy somewhere read your article and just had their daddy sign up for an amazon prime account.. Lol. In all seriousness though, you and all the other writers do a great job even on slow days like today. Keep up the good work :).
morrowindsky
May 10, 2012 at 10:30am
Just admit it, Brad, you have daydreams about being the Quidditch champ. :3c
