The West Vancouver Memorial Library has reportedly become the first library in Canada to let cardholders borrow a Kindle e-books reader. The municipal library has bought six of these devices developed by Amazon.com.
As part of an e-reader pilot project, the library began lending out five e-book readers, beginning July 12, 2010. According to Sarah Felkar, the West Vancouver library assistant who is spearheading the programme, the Kindles are part of a 'fact-finding mission' to see how feasible it is to lend out e-books.
Each Kindle is stocked with 50 titles. The library's decision to stock more Kindles or other e-book readers will depend on the feedback it receives from the pilot. However, print books will continue to be stocked and lent.
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