Amazon Starts Lending Ebooks, but Head of ALA Says Libraries Still Offer Best Value

(This story was edited from an earlier version to correct the per capita figure supplied by Keith Fiels.)

Amazon launched today its ebook lending library. Although the new service directly competes for at least one resource that public libraries provide, the executive director of the American Library Association is confident that it does not pose a threat.
 
Fuente: TheDigitalShift, Michael Kelley, November 3, 2011