Harry Potter fans, rejoice! All 7 Harry Potter books have now been added to the Kindle Owners Lending Library, which makes them FREE to borrow at a rate of one per month to all Kindle owners who have registered for Prime membership! Better still, the books are being made available in multiple languages!
From Amazon’s press release:
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Starting today, read all of J.K. Rowling’s iconic Harry Potter series for free on your Kindle
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE) –Jun. 19, 2012– (NASDAQ:AMZN) – Starting today, Amazon.com customers can now borrow all seven Harry Potter books in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library (KOLL). The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership where Kindle owners can choose from over 145,000 books to borrow for free as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates. Prime members also enjoy free two-day shipping on millions of items and unlimited streaming of more than 18,000 movies and TV episodes.
“Nowhere else can customers borrow any of the seven Harry Potter books for free, with an unlimited supply of each title and no waiting list,” said Russ Grandinetti, Vice President, Kindle Content. “A $79 Prime membership was already the best deal in retail, and now it’s become even more valuable.”
Harry Potter is the all-time best-selling book series in history, and Amazon has purchased an exclusive license from J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore to make the addition of these titles possible. The Kindle Owners’ Lending Library now features over 145,000 books for US customers to borrow for free, including over 100 current and former New York Times Best Sellers. With the Kindle Owners’Lending Library, there are no due dates and books can be borrowed as frequently as once a month. Unlike traditional library lending, there are no limits on the number of copies available, and how many people can simultaneously borrow the same title. Readers never have to wait in line for the book they want.
Just as with any other Kindle book, customer notes, highlights and bookmarks in borrowed books will be saved, so they’ll have them later if customers purchase or re-borrow the book. Books are borrowed from a Kindle device, and customers can have one book out at a time. When customers want to borrow a new book, any borrowed book can easily be returned right from their device. To learn more about the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, visit [this page]. To learn about all the additional benefits included with Amazon Prime, or to start an Amazon Prime free trial, visit [this page].
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Bravo to JK Rowling, Pottermore and Amazon for bringing this hugely popular books to the Kindle Owners Lending Library! We hope to be reporting on more partnerships like this one between Amazon and publishers to add more popular books to the Kindle Owners Lending Library.