On Wednesday afternoon Penguin issued another statement on the Kindle library lending issue that showed further disagreement with OverDrive. The supplier had said earlier in the day (reported in Lunch) that Kindle lending for Penguin books had been restored–without noting that this was a temporary restoration “until the end of the year.” The two companies also disagree on exactly how the Kindle lending was suspended in the first place. OverDrive had said Monday they were “instructed to suspend availability of new Penguin eBook titles from our library catalog and disable ‘Get for Kindle’ functionality for all Penguin eBooks.” But Penguin’s […]
