Amazon, a US-based multinational electronic commerce company, is partnering with libraries all over the United States to implement ‘Kindle Lending for Libraries’ later this year. Amazon is working with OverDrive, the leading provider of digital content solutions for over 11,000 public and educational libraries in the United States, to bring a seamless library borrowing experience to Kindle customers. So users will be able to borrow Kindle eBooks from over 11,000 different libraries.

Users will be able to read the books on any Kindle-compatible device, be they smartphone or desktop PCs with the Kindle application, syncing bookmarks across each. However, returning the book sees all annotations lost, so a user must re-loan the title or buy it if they want to keep their personal notes long-term.

“We’re excited that millions of Kindle customers will be able to borrow Kindle books from their local libraries,” said Jay Marine, Director, Amazon Kindle on the news of the deal. “Customers tell us they love Kindle for its Pearl e-ink display that is easy to read even in bright sunlight, up to a month of battery life, and Whispersync technology that synchronizes notes, highlights and last page read between their Kindle and free Kindle apps.”

This is a great move for Amazon because currently with Library Lending the Kindle format for borrowing books has been absent. Most of the formats available to download are in ePub or PDF. This makes most books until Amazon launches their service later on the year incompatible with Kindle e-readers, which make up for most of the e-reader segment.