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Quote: bhartman36 Originally Posted by I completely forgot you could only lend once. Oh, well. I can still see advantages in having a larger pool to pick from, but it does require the person have your e-mail address, so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people were wary.



As for that one-time-only limit, I suspect at least some people share their Kindle titles amongst family members who are already on their accounts, or they don't share subject interests with family. That leaves friends next on the list, and then complete strangers!



...but yeah, I'm not sure it would take off.



On a related note, I saw that GalleyGat has opened a similar Facebook page today: Yeah, those are two big reasons people won't participate--the fact that lending is a one-time-only affair, and that you have to provide an email address. However, it doesn't look like you have to provide the address associated with your Amazon Kindle account (although I haven't confirmed this yet--I'm just basing this off of the Amazon FAQ).As for that one-time-only limit, I suspect at least some people share their Kindle titles amongst family members who are already on their accounts, or they don't share subject interests with family. That leaves friends next on the list, and then complete strangers!...but yeah, I'm not sure it would take off.On a related note, I saw that GalleyGat has opened a similar Facebook page today: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galley...pp_10442206389